We had hopes that if the river did not all of a sudden rise, we should find one.

We came so close to the English that we had to open fire on their advance guard before we could proceed.
Here General Judge Hartzog met us with his commandos from the south-west of Cape Colony, and with him, General Fourie.
That night we marched about fourteen miles.
In the night, after crossing the Zeekoe River, we arrived at a Boer farm, to which (we are told) twenty English scouts had paid a visit shortly after sunset, and, having asked for information concerning us, had gone away by the same road we were following.

About four or five miles from there we had to cross a ridge.

It was dark, and I had forgotten those twenty English.

I had sent out no scouts before me, but rode, as was my habit, with my staff, in front of the commandos.