One of the hottest fights one can imagine followed.
Fortunately a few paces behind the burghers there was a hollow, and here the horses were placed.
After an hour's fighting, I began to think that any moment the enemy might be put to rout.

But then something happened which had happened very often before--a reinforcement appeared.
This reinforcement brought two guns with it; thus nothing was left to me but retreat.

Our loss was five killed and twelve wounded.

What the loss of the English was I do not know, but if the Kaffirs who lived near there are to be trusted, it must have been considerable.
In the evening I moved my camp to Rhenosterpoort; whilst the English went back to Klipstapel.
And now the English concentrated their forces.

Great Army Corps gathered round.