In the morning the British cavalry was divided into three squads, and all started for Ladysmith.

Le Roux and Nel swept down toward the last squad, and called, "Hands up," to one of the men in the van.

The cavalryman promptly held up his hands and a minute afterward surrendered his gun and himself, while the remainder of the squad fled precipitately.
The two scouts, with their prisoner, quickly made a _detour_ of another kopje, and appeared in front of the first squad, of whom they made a similar demand.

One of the cavalrymen, who was in advance of the others, surrendered without attempting to make any resistance, while the others turned quickly to the right and rode headlong into a deep sluit.

Le Roux shot the horse of one of the men before he reached the sluit, loaded the unhorsed man on one of the other prisoner's horses, and then pursued the fleeing cavalrymen almost to the city-limits of Ladysmith.
Major Albrecht, the head of the Free State-Artillery, was one of the bravest men in General Cronje's commando, and his display of courage at the battle of Magersfontein was not less extraordinary than that which he made later in the river bed at Paardeberg.