The various company calls were sounded and, when the men were gathered, the town was methodically razed, and a collection of over two hundred guns were burnt.
The troops, however, had reason for their joy.

The Kokofu army of some six thousand men, who had repulsed two previous attacks, were a mass of fugitives.

In the course of one week, the Ashantis had suffered two crushing defeats in their strongest positions.
As soon as the work was done, the force set out on their return march.

Their appearance differed widely from that of the men who had silently, and in good order, advanced.

Scarcely a man, white or black, was not loaded with some token of the victory.