Furious at being defeated, the Japanese vented their fury via the St. Stephen's College massacre, storming into the makeshift hospital operating at the St. Stephens College to massacre all of the wounded soldiers being treated there. During the battle for Stanley village, the Royal Rifles had taken 100 casualties, of which 28 were fatal. As for Japanese losses, McDonell remembered: "We killed an awful lot of them. My God". Later in the day, the Japanese began to counterattack and McDonell was forced to order a retreat after almost running out of ammunition. As the Royal Rifles were forced to retreat, McDonell stayed behind to operate a Bren gun. Later the same day, the news came that Maltby had surrendered, ordering all of the men under his command to lay day their arms and accept whatever mercy the Japanese were prepared to give. As the Royal Rifles collected their dead to bury them under Japanese guard, McDonell was struck by how much dried blood there was on the streets of Stanley.