Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubvumirwa kwehurumende yeBritain kwakauya zuva rakatevera uye bako rakagamuchira kusimbiswa muchimiro chechikepe chiduku cheRoyal Navy ngarava dzinotungamirirwa naRear-Admiral Harry Rawson. Cave akapinda mune dzimwe nhaurirano naKhalid asi idzi dzakaratidza kuti hadzina kubudirira uye akamanikidzwa kupa chirevo chekupedzisira kuti abve na9 mangwanani mangwanani akatevera kana kuti aizovhura moto. Mangwanani e27 Nyamavhuvhu Cave akaramba kumwe kuedza kwekubvumirana kubva kuna Khalid uye, achigamuchira meseji yekuti "Hatina chinangwa chekuburitsa mureza wedu uye hatitende kuti unotishungurudza"; Cave akapindura "Hatidi kuvhura moto, asi kunze kwekunge waita sezvaunoudzwa isu tichazviita". Na9: 02 kubhomba kwomuzinda kwakatanga, kuchiratidzira kuvamba kweHondo yeAnglo-Zanzibar
. Hondo yacho, yakapfupika zvikurusa munhau, yakaguma maminitsi 38 gare gare pashure pokunge vadziviriri 500 vaurawa kana kuti vakuvadzwa uye muzinda wapiswa, pasina kurasikirwa kweBritain.