“weak and easily manipulated man, aspiring to become a great leader of the Ethiopian Empire." After three hearings, Yohannes officially agrees to help Napier. This then facilitates the provisioning of the troops by installing markets near the main camp sites. Yohannes assures the British that he will help them “with all [his] power." Yohannes undertakes to protect the supply routes from the coast to Magdala (Amba Mariam) and to repress those who disturb the telegraph. In return, Yohannes asked Napier during a meeting on February 28, 1868, for the participation of British forces in his fight against Wagshoum Gobeze (Tekle Giyorgis II). Napier refused but maintained the possibility, after the campaign, of military assistance which Yohannes and his 10,000 men “greatly needed." On April 10, 1868, the expeditionary force arrived at the foot of Magdala and, three days later, after refusing to surrender to the British, the Nəgusä nägäst Tewodros II committed suicide. Napier's victory and the ease with which the expedition reached Magdala was made possible by Yohannes. The British officers themselves admit that they were "lucky" to have obtained the cooperation of the leader of Tigray. A report written by one of the British officers stating that: “The British army could not have reached Magdala during this season, without having received the help of the chiefs and the people of the country”. In return turn for the help that Yohannes provided the British, he received military equipment, estimated at 500,000 Pounds sterling, including: six mortars, six Howitzer, approximately 900 muskets and rifles, ammunition, powder and 585,480 primers percussion. This armament is added to the already important arsenal of Yohannes. After the Magdala expedition, the British disengaged completely and Yohannes offers of cooperation were rejected or ignored. Even after his seizure of imperial power, he failed to arouse the interest of the British. Nevertheless, the Napier expedition had an impact on the struggle for power; in addition to military equipment, a British instructor, John C. Kirkham, agrees to stay in Ethiopia to train the troops of Yohannes. He is responsible for training the troops of Yohannes and preparing them for the use of modern weapons received from the British. According to the Historian Bahru Zewde, the combination of new weapons and the training provided by John Kirkham determined the fight against Tekle Giyorgis. Following the death of Tewodros, Gobeze Gebre Medhin, had himself crowned as nəgusä nägäst Tekle Giyorgis