At the cost of twenty-five wounded, principally of the 60th Rifles, the enemy was cleared off, and the town of Amersfoort was occupied.

On the 13th, moving on the same line, and meeting with very slight opposition, Buller took possession of Ermelo.

His advance was having a good effect upon the district, for on the 12th the Standerton commando, which numbered 182 men, surrendered to Clery.

On the 15th, still skirmishing, Buller's men were at Twyfelaar, and had taken possession of Carolina.

Here and there a distant horseman riding over the olive-coloured hills showed how closely and incessantly he was watched; but, save for a little sniping upon his flanks, there was no fighting.