With all but their handguns destroyed and with British marines coming ashore in the hundreds, Khalid finally gave the order to abandon the field of battle. Leaving 500 men dead in and around the Palace, the Sultan encouraged his Zanzibari irregulars to take the wounded and melt back into the city from whence they came.
Wakiwa bunduki zao zote lakini zilizoharibiwa na vikosi vya majeshi ya maajini vya Uingereza wakija ufukweni kwa mamia, Khalid mara ya mwisho aliwapa amri ya kuondoka katika uwanja wa mapambano. Wakiacha watu 500 wamekufa ndani na kribu ya ya Ngome, Sultan huyo aliwahimiza wanamgambo wa wakiZanzibari kuwachukua waliojeruhiwa na kurudi nao nyuma ya jiji walipotokea.