The Battle of Ordashu was fought on 4 February 1874 during the Third Anglo-Ashanti War when Sir Garnet Wolseley defeated the Ashantis. The attack was led by the 42nd Regiment of Foot. Lieutenant Mark Sever Bell won the Victoria Cross during the action.

Wolseley's troops, marching from Amoaful, linked up with King Attah's group, marching from Kumasi, on the south bank of the River Oda (a tributary of the Ofin River), where the battle with the Ashantis took place.