 In the ensuing skirmish one Japanese soldier was wounded in the neck and a Sergeant from Satsuma killed.The small Japanese group retreated back to the main force, and upon returning found the Sergeant had been decapitated by the aborigines, his head taken as a trophy.On May 18 the Japanese ship Nisshin commanded by Akamatsu Noriyoshi anchored in Kwaliang bay and launched a small boat to conduct surveys.