We fired at them as they passed us, and took several more prisoners.

Had I but commanded a larger force, I could have captured every man of them.

But it was impossible, with my three hundred and fifty men, to surround two thousand.
Our men on the Modder River now attacked the enemy with the greatest energy, and succeeded in putting them to flight, thus bringing the battle to an end.
The conduct of my burghers had been beyond praise.

I had never seen them more intrepid.

Calm and determined, they stood their ground, when the enemy streamed down upon them like a mighty river.