On the 10th he had reached Klipgat, which is halfway between the Mauchberg and Spitzkop.

So close was the pursuit that the Boers, as they streamed through the passes, flung thirteen of their ammunition wagons over the cliffs to prevent them from falling into the hands of the British horsemen.

At one period it looked as if the gallant Boer guns had waited too long in covering the retreat of the burghers.
Strathcona's Horse pressed closely upon them.

The situation was saved by the extreme coolness and audacity of the Boer gunners.

'When the cavalry were barely half a mile behind the rear gun' says an eye-witness 'and we regarded its capture as certain, the LEADING Long Tom deliberately turned to bay and opened with case shot at the pursuers streaming down the hill in single file over the head of his brother gun.