Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Amincewar gwamnatin Burtaniya ta zo washegari kuma Cave ya sami ƙarfafawa a cikin wani karamin jirgin ruwa na jiragen ruwa na Royal Navy wanda Rear-Admiral Harry Rawson ya jagoranci. Cave ya ci gaba da tattaunawa tare da Khalid amma waɗannan sun tabbatar da rashin nasara kuma an tilasta masa ya ba da umarnin ƙarshe don barin karfe 9 na safe na gobe ko kuma zai bude wuta. A safiyar ranar 27 ga watan Agusta Cave ya ƙi ƙarin ƙoƙarin sasantawa daga Khalid kuma, yana karɓar saƙon cewa "Ba mu da niyyar saukar da tutarmu kuma ba mu yi imani za ku buɗe wuta a kanmu ba"; Cave ya amsa "Ba mu son buɗe wuta, amma sai dai idan kun yi yadda aka gaya muku za mu yi hakan". Da karfe 9.02 aka fara harbe-harben fadar, wanda ya nuna farawar
Yaƙin Anglo-Zanzibar. Yaƙin, mafi guntu a cikin tarihi, ya ƙare bayan minti 38 bayan da aka kashe ko aka ji rauni da masu kare 500 kuma fadar ta ƙone, ba tare da asarar Birtaniya ba.