Four of the English, but only one of our burghers, had been wounded.
It was very annoying that the laager was so far off, but it was impossible to carry off the valuable ammunition which we found on the train.
I gave orders that the four wounded soldiers, who were under the care of the conductor of the train, should be taken from the hut in which I had found them, and placed in a van where they would be safe when I set fire to the train.

After the burghers had helped themselves to sugar, coffee, and such things, I burned everything that was left.

My ninety-eight prisoners I took with me.
We had not gone far when we heard the small arm ammunition explode; but I cannot say that the sound troubled me at all! Thus we crossed the line in safety, and Piet de Wet's prediction did not come true.

He knew that we had a large force behind us, and believing that the railway line in front of us would be occupied by troops, he had said: "This evening you will all be captured on the railway line." Yet instead of finding ourselves captured, we had taken ninety-eight prisoners, and destroyed a heavily-laden train! How frequently a Higher Power over-rules the future in a way we least expect! That night we reached the farm of Mahemsspruit.

From there we moved on to the Wonderheurel; and on the 22nd of July we arrived at the farm of Vlakkuil.