bukoba fort and the wireless station were destroyed, the british also captured hundreds of rifles and 32,000 rounds of ammunition. due to their status as an 'irregular' unit, the frontiersmen were granted permission to loot the town by general stewart. this predictably turned into a disaster, with the 25th robbing, raping and burning much of the town with such ferocity that the incident became known as the "sack of bukoba". it was later claimed by an embarrassed high command that no looting had taken place.