Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Musi wa25 Nyamavhuvhu 1896 Sultan mutsva, Khalid, akakwira pachigaro pasina kutanga abvunza zviremera zveBritain, sezvinodiwa nechibvumirano. Ikoku kwakaparira Hondo yeAnglo-Zanzibar
. Musi wa 27 Nyamavhuvhu "Glasgow", ngarava imwechete yeZanzibar Navy, yakapfura ngarava shanu dzeBritish, dzakatungamirwa ne cruiser nemapfuti ayo. Mukutsinhana "Glasgow" yakaboorwa pasi pemutsetse wayo wemvura ndokutanga kunyura. Vashandi vayo vakasimudza mureza weBritain sechiratidzo chokuzviisa pasi uye vose vakanunurwa navafambisi vengarava veBritain mumidziyo yokununura. Ngarava yacho pakupedzisira yakanyura na10:45 mangwanani ezuva iroro, ichigara pamubhedha wechiteshi chengarava nemasiti ayo chete nefanera zvinobuda mumvura.