 Theirs was a successful stronghold with the British not being able to make any progress infiltrating without U Ottama knowing their movements well in advance.The British then resorted to means of persuading and even buying over U Ottama's followers, at the same time imposing severe penalties for those villagers who aided or abetted the resistance leaders.Gradually, these tactics succeeded and 1,204 of U Ottama's men surrendered to the British.