Seh-Dong-Hong-Beh was the leader of the famous Dahomey Amazons. (Dahomey is what is now known as Benin.). In 1851, she led this all-female army that included more than 5,000 warriors. Their most famous battle was their attack against the Egba fortress of Abeokuta (in Nigeria). 1,200 Amazons were still part of Behanzin troops who belonged to the Dahomey King, at the end of the 19th century and fought against the French colonizers. They fought until death, preferring to burn their villages rather than to leave them to the colonizers.