His headquarters continued to be the kopje at Roodeval.
On June 10th two British forces were converging upon the point of danger.

One was Methuen's, from Heilbron.

The other was a small force consisting of the Shropshires, the South Wales Borderers, and a battery which had come south with Lord Kitchener.

The energetic Chief of the Staff was always sent by Lord Roberts to the point where a strong man was needed, and it was seldom that he failed to justify his mission.
Lord Methuen, however, was the first to arrive, and at once attacked De Wet, who moved swiftly away to the eastward.

With a tendency to exaggeration, which has been too common during the war, the affair was described as a victory.