He informed me that I should find at a certain spot that evening, close to Koffiefontein, Mr.Philip Botha[20] with a reinforcement of one hundred and fifty men.

This report convinced me that the convoy I had captured would reach Edenberg Station without mishap, and accordingly I went after it to fetch back the gun which would no longer be needed.

I found the convoy encamped about six miles from Koffiefontein.

Immediately after my arrival, General Jacobs, of Fauresmith, and Commandant Hertzog,[21] of Philippolis, brought the news to me that troops were marching on us from Belmont Station.

I told Jacobs and Hertzog to return with their men, two or three hundred in number to meet the approaching English.
We were so well supplied with forage that our horses got as much as they could eat.