But they had, in the meantime, been riding on so fast that we did not reach them until it had grown quite light.

An engagement, short and fierce as the last, ensued, but as the enemy was from six to seven times as strong as we were, and had a gun and a Maxim-Nordenfeldt with them, we could not stand against them, and had to let them go on their road.
We were fortunate in suffering no loss there, and while the English marched on to Bethlehem we rode off in the opposite direction.
We had now a short period of repose.

The English were so busy building blockhouses that they had no time to fight us.

Our poor horses were in a miserable condition, for so little rain had fallen that the grass was very dry and sapless.

But at least we could now give them the rest which they sorely needed..