At last, as the sun began to slope down to the west, a thin line of green was discerned, the bushes which skirt the banks of that ill-favoured stream.

With renewed heart the cavalry pushed on and made for the drift, while Major Rimington, to whom the onerous duty of guiding the force had been entrusted, gave a sigh of relief as he saw that he had indeed struck the very point at which he had aimed.
The essential thing in the movements had been speed--to reach each point before the enemy could concentrate to oppose them.

Upon this it depended whether they would find five hundred or five thousand waiting on the further bank.

It must have been with anxious eyes that French watched his first regiment ride down to Klip Drift.

If the Boers should have had notice of his coming and have transferred some of their 40-pounders, he might lose heavily before he forced the stream.