Their wild yells and the beating of their drums never ceased, and only rose the louder as each volley of grape was poured into them.

They did not, however, advance beyond the shelter of their bush, and, as the British were not strong enough to attack them there, the duel of artillery and musketry was continued without cessation for an hour and a half, and then Colonel Festing fell back unmolested to Dunquah.
The Ashantis were delighted at the result of the fighting, heavy as their loss had been.

They had held their ground, and the British had not ventured to attack them in the bush.
"You see," Ammon Quatia said exultingly to Frank, "what I told you was true.

The white men cannot fight us in the bush.

At Essarman the wood was thin and gave but a poor cover.