 Bretonnet's three cannons were captured, although they were recovered by the French a year later, during the battle of Kousséri.One of the prisoners, the sergeant Samba Sall, escaped a few days later and reached the village of Gaoura, where on 16 August he met the Gentil Mission, and informed them of the disaster.The victory was to prove hollow for Rabih, for it only strengthened French determination to remove Rabih.