The Boers excelled all their previous feats in the handling of artillery by dragging two guns up to the summit of the lofty Jammersberg, whence they fired down upon the camp.

Nearly all the horses were killed and three hundred of the troopers were hit, a number which is double that of the official return, for the simple reason that the spirit of the force was so high that only those who were very severely wounded reported themselves as wounded at all.

None but the serious cases ever reached the hands of Dr.Faskally, who did admirable work with very slender resources.

How many the enemy lost can never be certainly known, but as they pushed home several attacks it is impossible to imagine that their losses were less than those of the victorious defenders.

At the end of seventeen days of mud and blood the brave irregulars saw an empty laager and abandoned trenches.