Hertzog, who also was in command of the western part of Bloemfontein.
6.

The district of the southern part of Bloemfontein: the men under Commandants Ackerman and Willem Kolbe.
Sub-district of Thaba'Nchu: the men under Commandant J.P.Strijl (a member of the Volksraad).
Sub-districts of Bethulie and Smithfield: the men under Commandant Gideon Joubert.
Sub-district of Rouxville: the men under Commandant Frederik Rheeders.
Sub-district of Wepener: the men under Commandant R.Coetzee.
All of these were under Vice-Commander-in-Chief Piet Fourie, and later on under George Brand.
Not long after this arrangement had been made the district under General Froneman was divided into two divisions, and Commandant Michal Prinsloo was promoted to be Vice-Commander-in-Chief of Bethlehem and Ficksburg as separate sub-districts.

Bethlehem was then given three Commandants, namely, Commandants Olivier, Rautenbach and Bruwer.
All this new arrangement of our forces made it impossible for great battles to be fought; it offered us the opportunity of frequently engaging the enemy in skirmishes, and inflicting heavier losses upon them than would otherwise have been the case.

For the same reason our losses grew larger from month to month, but they did not increase in the same proportion as those of the enemy.

Again, we captured more prisoners than formerly.