In a very short time white flags fluttered above every kraal--the victory was ours.
I have no wish to say that a misuse of the white flag had taken place.

I was told when the battle was over that the firing had continued, because the men on our eastern wing had not observed what their comrades on their left had done.

And this explanation I willingly accept.
Our force in this engagement consisted only of three hundred men from Heilbron, twenty from Kroonstad, and forty or fifty from the Johannesburg Police, these latter under Captain Van Dam.

The Police had arrived on the battlefield during the fighting, and had behaved in a most praiseworthy manner.
But I overestimate our numbers, for it was not the _whole_ of the Heilbron contingent that reached the firing line.

We had to leave some of them behind with the horses at the foot of the kop, and there were others who remained at the first safe position they reached--a frequent occurrence at that period.
I took careful note of our numbers when the battle was over, and I can state with certainty that there were not more than two hundred burghers actually engaged.
Our losses amounted to four killed and five wounded.