They lost ten killed, eleven wounded, and sixty-six prisoners in this unfortunate affair.

Again the myth that colonial alertness is greater than that of regular troops seems to have been exposed.
At the end of June, Fouche, one of the most enterprising of the guerilla chiefs, made a dash from Barkly East into the native reserves of the Transkei in order to obtain horses and supplies.

It was a desperate measure, as it was vain to suppose that the warlike Kaffirs would permit their property to be looted without resistance, and if once the assegais were reddened no man could say how far the mischief might go.

With great loyalty the British Government, even in the darkest days, had held back those martial races--Zulus, Swazis, and Basutos--who all had old grudges against the Amaboon.

Fouche's raid was stopped, however, before it led to serious trouble.