It was very annoying to me that they should thus discover our whereabouts, because it made it impossible to carry out my intention of attacking one or other of the English forces.
However, nothing was done that day, as neither we nor the enemy took up the offensive.
In the evening we pushed on to the east of Lindley, and the following day remained at the spot we had reached.

The next evening we marched to the farm of Riversdale; and the night of the 18th found us on the farm of Mr.Thomas Naude, to the north-west of Lindley.

We discovered that the English had all left this village and gone to Bethlehem.

My scouts reported to me, the following day, that an English force, some four hundred men strong, was approaching Lindley.

Need I say that these men had to be captured?
With five hundred burghers and two guns I went out to do this.