Instead of this we had a loss of thirty killed and wounded, and about the same number were taken prisoners.

Among the dead was the renowned Sarel Cilliers, grandson of the worthy "voortrekker"[73] of the same name.

Veldtcornet Jurie Wessels was the most distinguished of the prisoners.
It was a miserable affair altogether: General Froneman ought to have called his men back when he saw that General Liebenberg had not sent his contingent.

I have heard however that Captain Cilliers refused to leave the position until it became no longer tenable.

It was hard indeed for him to lose a battle thus, when it was nearly won, and to be compelled to retreat when victory was all but within his grasp.
We retired towards Vanvurenskloof, and on arriving there the following evening heard that a great English force had come from Schoemansdrift and captured Potchefstroom, that another force was at Tijgerfontein, and a third at Schoemansdrift.
Early next morning we crossed the Vaal River at Witbanksfontein.