From many of the points in the forest held by the Ashantis the sea could be seen, and on the morning of the 2d of October a steamer which had not been there on the previous evening was perceived lying off the town.

The Ashantis were soon informed by spies in Elmina and Cape Coast that the ship had brought an English general with about thirty officers.

The news that thirty men had come out to help to drive back twenty thousand was received with derision by the Ashantis.
"They will do more than you think," Frank said when Ammon Quatia was scoffing over the new arrival.

"You will see a change in the tactics of the whites.

Hitherto they have done nothing.