It was the best means of clearing them off the hill, and they made off one by one.

The long-range fire continued all day, but there was no further rush upon our works.

Our loss was only two men killed and a few wounded.

The Boer loss is estimated at fifty, but it is impossible to know.
The King's (Liverpools), who now hold the works built by the Devons on the low Helpmakaar ridge, were also under rifle and shell fire all day.
About 3 p.m.about eighty Boers came down the deep ravine or donga at the further end of the ridge.

A mounted infantry picket of three men was away across the donga, watching the road towards Lombard's Nek.