Before Lettow-Vorbeck was separated from his Askaris, one of them cried out, "I have been asked to say this to you "Bwana" General. Where do you go now? Where you go, we will go with you! And if this is not the time, then wait until my son grows up to be a warrior and he will take my place and go with you. We will go with the "Bwana" General, will we not?"Robert Gaudi writes, "To a man, the Askaris stepped forward, ready to follow the commander to the ends of the Earth. But von Lettow held them back with a gesture and kept on marching. His war was over now."