It lay in sticky pools, which even the rain could not wash out.

It was easy to see where the dead had fallen.

Most had lain behind some rock to fire and there met their end.

On the summit some Kaffirs were skinning eight oxen which had been spanned to the "Lady Anne's" platform, and stood immovable during the fight.

Four had been shot in the action, the others had just been killed as rations.