This is what they did upon this occasion, and the first intimation which the outposts had of their presence was the rush of feet and loom of figures in the cold misty light of dawn.

The occupants of the sangars were killed to a man, and the assailants rushed onwards.

As the sun topped the line of the veld half the kopje was in their possession.

Shouting and firing, they pressed onwards.
But the Worcester men were steady old soldiers, and the battalion contained no less than four hundred and fifty marksmen in its ranks.

Of these the companies upon the hill had their due proportion, and their fire was so accurate that the Boers found themselves unable to advance any further.