I Cut my Way Through Sixty Thousand Troops The English could not endure the thought that we had their guns in our possession.

And, accordingly, when General Michal Prinsloo came near the Liebenbergsvlei, on the road between Reitz and Heilbron, he met a strong force of the enemy which had come from Kroonstad.

The English then had a taste of what it was like to be under the fire of our artillery; and so well did the gunners do their work that the enemy were forced to retreat.

This occurred shortly before sunset on the afternoon of the 28th of December.
But the forces in front of General Prinsloo were too strong for him, and so when night came he marched past, and the following morning was twelve miles to the south-west of them.
The enemy advanced against the position which General Prinsloo had occupied the previous day, quite unaware that he was now in their rear.
In the meantime the General was watching their movements from behind, and quietly enjoying their mistake.
I left the hospital that afternoon, and crossing the Liebenbergsvlei to the rear of the English, I joined the Heilbron commando.
The following day the enemy retreated to the farm of Groenvlei, which lies just to the north of Lindley.

They remained there for a few days awaiting large reinforcements.
"I quite understand your plan," I said to myself, as I set to work to split up the great force which the enemy were concentrating.