In September, after spending the summer recuperating and tending to the sick and wounded in captured Kumasi, Willcocks sent out flying columns to the neighbouring regions that had supported the uprising. His troops defeated an Ashanti force in a skirmish at Obassa on the 30 September and also succeeded in destroying the fort and town at Kokofu where he had been previously repulsed, using Nigerian levies to hunt Ashanti soldiers.
In September, after recuperating from the summer and attending to the sick and wounded in captured Kumasi, Willcocks sent out flying columns to neighboring regions that had supported the uprising. His troops defeated an Ashanti force at Obassa on 30 September and also succeeded in destroying the fort and town at Kokofu where he had been repulsed earlier, using Nigerian levies to pursue Ashanti soldiers.