The 10th Sudanese Battalion alone accounted for sixteen of the twenty-three killed and thirty-four of the sixty-one wounded.[36] The Mahdist commander, Mohammed Zain, was captured in battle and held prisoner.[37] Major-General Hunter captured a substantial supply of weapons, camels, horses, and property from the town.[4] After the battle, the soldiers of MacDonald's brigade were berated by their commander for opening fire during their advance across the three hundred yard gradient between the ridge of the plateau and the town's defenses.