The Zuurberg mountains to the north of Steynsburg, the Sneeuwberg range to the south of Middelburg, the Oudtshoorn Mountains in the south, the Cradock district, the Murraysburg district, and the Graaf-Reinet district--these were the chief centres of Boer activity.
In April Kritzinger made his way north to the Orange River Colony, for the purpose of consulting with De Wet, but he returned with a following of 200 men about the end of May.

Continual brushes occurred during this month between the various columns, and much hard marching was done upon either side, but there was nothing which could be claimed as a positive success.
Early in May two passengers sailed for Europe, the journey of each being in its way historical.

The first was the weary and overworked Pro-Consul who had the foresight to distinguish the danger and the courage to meet it.

Milner's worn face and prematurely grizzled hair told of the crushing weight which had rested upon him during three eventful years.

A gentle scholar, he might have seemed more fitted for a life of academic calm than for the stormy part which the discernment of Mr.Chamberlain had assigned to him.