The intelligence from the city of Dedradawa was obviously delayed. Although there were telegraphs and connections to the rear, the intelligence source came from Arabs in British Somaliland, and it took them several days to reach the city of Dedradawa. In that time, the British Royal Navy could have already made their next move.
Mogadishu port waters.
The East African Navy had long entered a state of readiness, with warship patrols becoming routine, but the naval force in Mogadishu was not strong.
There were only three gunboats as the main combat ships, but the entire Somali coastline stretched nearly two thousand kilometers.
"Galad reported that seventeen minutes ago, a British fleet sailed past the waters near Galad. They are heading towards our Mogadishu port. According to the report from Galad town, there are a total of thirteen warships, including four first-rate ironclads and five second-rate ironclads, aggressively bypassing the waters near Galad."
