There was now a pause, while preparations were made for a systematic punitive campaign.

Captain Wright was sent down to Euarsi, where three thousand Denkera levies had been collected; and superintended the cutting down of the crops in the Adansi country, to the south and west.

The Akim levies were to act similarly, in flank, under the command of Captains Willcocks and Benson; while a third body of levies, under Major Cramer, guarded the upper district.

A company was sent to Kwisa to guard the main road, which was now reopened for traffic.
Convoys went up and down along the entire route, bringing up supplies of all sorts; but those going north of Fumsu still required strong escorts.

Large parties went out foraging, almost daily, to villages and farms for miles round.