CHAPTER XXXII.
My Commando of Seven Hundred Men Towards the end of September Commandant F.E.Mentz had an engagement with Colonel Byng's column near Heilbron.

A portion of this officer's force had held a ridge where there were some Kaffir kraals for cover; and Commandant Mentz had with fifty burghers stormed this ridge, shooting down from thirty to forty of the enemy, and taking twenty-five prisoners.

We lost two killed and three wounded.

The Frankfort burghers under Commandant Ross had also not been idle, for they had attacked a division of Colonel Rimington's troops with the result that sixteen killed and wounded fell into their hands--among these were seven of the National Scouts.
Thus fighting was taking place all over the country.

I do not give any report of the various engagements, as I was not present at them, and, as I have already said, I only wish to record my own experiences.