CHAPTER XXIX.
President Steyn's Narrow Escape The following morning we had to continue our journey to the Transvaal.
It being necessary to keep out of sight of the enemy, we marched first a short distance to the south, and then went south-east.

After a few days we reached Vrede.

There Commandant Manie Botha spared us a few burghers who knew this part of the country well to serve as guides across the railway line.

We headed to the north of Volksrust, and on the second evening after we had left Vrede, we struck the railway line at a spot which was guarded by an outpost.

They opened fire on us at once.