 Three days later, they met with Schilmöller's group, just north of Kajoe Watoe (Kayuwatu).As mentioned, Schilmöller deprived the group of most of its fighting force, leaving van den Berg with just 23 troops left (along with Ranti and Ter Voert) that will gather other dispersed troops in the region, thus diminishing the capacity to wage guerrilla in Minahasa.During the encounter with Schilmöller, Fuchter's brigades have been on patrol for 5 days, when they encountered a Japanese motorcade in a chaotic nightime fighting that left Fuchter with just 10 soldiers at its conclusion.