The other gun was left behind by the sergeant of the artillery, before he reached the fighting line.

He sent the horses of the gun-carriage with the gunners, back to Commandant Hasel, who subsequently followed us to Ijzernek, to the west of Thaba'Nchu.
My ambulance with Dr.Fourie and Dr.Poutsma, were stopped by the English.

Dr.Fourie had, as was quite proper, remained outside the fighting line, with the intention of coming through afterwards.

This he was permitted to do on the following day.

He brought me a message from General Knox to the effect that Commandant Hasebroek had lost heavily in an engagement with Colonel White, who had marched out from Thaba'Nchu.
But I had already received information that the Commandant had got through the enemy's lines unhurt, and that on the contrary it was he who had killed some of Colonel White's men, while they were attacking him.
We decided to retreat still further, in order to reach a place of safety where we might rest our horses, in preparation for that long dash into Cape Colony, which I still intended to carry out on the first opportunity.