The Invasion of the Benin Kingdom by the British Empire🌍 The stolen Artifacts are treasures of Africa. The Benin Expedition of 1897 was a punitive expedition by a British force of 1,200 men under Sir Harry Rawson in response to the ambush of a previous British party under Acting Consul General James Phillips.Rawson's troops captured and sacked Benin City, bringing to an end the Kingdom of Benin, which was eventually absorbed into colonial Nigeria. After centuries of power, a single event marks