In the first there were: Killed 14, Wounded 188, Missing 4; Total 206.

In the second: Killed 263, Wounded 1621, Missing 12; Total 1896.

These losses are most {p.304} suggestive of thought as to the character of the operations in which they were respectively incurred.

The second total exceeds considerably that reported for any other action, or series of actions, during the war.
Spion Kop, with 1733, is the nearest approach.
The advance of Lord Roberts to Bloemfontein after Cronje's surrender met with little resistance.

The first position taken by the Boers to contest his progress appears to have been four or five miles east of Koodoosrand Drift.