On the 19th Lord Methuen manoeuvred the Boers out of a strong position, with little loss to either side.

On the 21st he forced his way through Olifant's Nek, in the Magaliesberg range, and so established communication with Baden-Powell, whose valiant bushmen, under Colonel Airey, had held their own in a severe conflict near Magato Pass, in which they lost six killed, nineteen wounded, and nearly two hundred horses.

The fortunate arrival of Captain FitzClarence with the Protectorate Regiment helped on this occasion to avert a disaster.

The force, only 300 strong, without guns, had walked into an ugly ambuscade, and only the tenacity and resource of the men enabled them ever to extricate themselves.
Although Methuen came within reach of Rustenburg, he did not actually join hands with Baden-Powell.

No doubt he saw and heard enough to convince him that that astute soldier was very well able to take care of himself.