The atmosphere within the Ashanti war camp was quite strange in the aftermath of the push that broke the Kumasi Fort. Clearly, no one expected that this push would be the one to do the deed and much less, that the victory would be achieved by not them, the Ashanti warriors who had a stake in this fight, but rather their 'allies' from afar.
Allies here was in question because you had to understand that in the history of this land before the white man touched the coasts, the ones who were doing the fighting were precisely their clans, among others.
It was only in terms of allying against a foreign enemy that had made them temporarily adopt a more friendlier position. Without the pressure of the colonizing British, the clans would likely split apart and fight for control of the Gold Coast.
