The oxen belonging to the first row stood close against the kraal, as we saw later on; those of the second row being behind them, and so on.
The women told us afterwards that they had asked to be allowed to retire to a place where they would not run the risk of being shot by us (for the English had taken cover barely one hundred paces behind the waggons and were preparing to fight us from there), but that they were ordered to remain behind the soldiers.

They were thus exposed to the danger of being hit by us, if we shot a little too high.

It was, they said, the most terrible day they had ever spent.
When we came within range of the English, they opened a hot fire upon us.

We had to gallop over ground as smooth as a table with no cover until we were close up to them, and protected by a small hill.

We left our horses here, and ran as fast as we could up the incline.