With such men under the white ensign we leave our island homes in safety behind us.
The battle of Enslin had cost us some two hundred of killed and wounded, and beyond the mere fact that we had cleared our way by another stage towards Kimberley it is difficult to say what advantage we had from it.
We won the kopjes, but we lost our men.

The Boer killed and wounded were probably less than half of our own, and the exhaustion and weakness of our cavalry forbade us to pursue and prevented us from capturing their guns.

In three days the men had fought two exhausting actions in a waterless country and under a tropical sun.

Their exertions had been great and yet were barren of result.

Why this should be so was naturally the subject of keen discussion both in the camp and among the public at home.