The English forces round Senekal advanced towards Lindley, and having been joined by the troops stationed there, had proceeded in the direction of Bethlehem; consequently a very large British force was marching on that town.
We on our part now numbered over five thousand men, for General Roux had joined us with some[57] of his burghers.
The English were unopposed until they reached Elandsfontein, but there a battle took place in which big guns played the main role, although there was also some heavy fighting with small arms.
In this engagement Commandant Michal Prinsloo did a brave deed.

I arrived at his position just after the burghers had succeeded in shooting down the men who served three of the enemy's guns.

With a hundred men he now stormed the guns, hoping to be able to bring them back with him to our lines.

Whilst he charged, I cannonaded the enemy, with a Krupp and fifteen pound Armstrong, to such good effect that they were forced to retreat behind a ridge.

In this way Commandant Prinsloo reached the guns safely, but he had no horses with him to drag them back to us.