Every farmhouse sent out its riflemen, and the trysting-place was the outside of the nearest British fort.

All through the country small detachments were surrounded and besieged by the farmers.

Standerton, Pretoria, Potchefstroom, Lydenburg, Wakkerstroom, Rustenberg, and Marabastad were all invested and all held out until the end of the war.

In the open country we were less fortunate.

At Bronkhorst Spruit a small British force was taken by surprise and shot down without harm to their antagonists.