The President had accordingly gone some twelve miles in the direction of Lindley.
It was one of the coldest nights we had that winter, and our pack-horses which were carrying the blankets were with the President.

It was impossible for us to sleep without any covering on such a night as that, and so we were obliged to march on.

We had moreover to look for something to eat, for we had had nothing since breakfast.

Our horses had never had their saddles off from the time we went out to fight until we arrived about midnight at the President's camp.
[Footnote 96: Stripping.] [Footnote 97: The previous evening we had received a report of two English camps on the Wilge River: One at Duminy Drift, the other at Steildrift--under General Elliott.

They were led by Piet de Wet and other National Scouts.].