After Gen. Methuen crossed the Orange river he encountered a force under Gen. Prinsloo in a good position threatening the railway. He had to dislodge them but lacked intelligence or accurate maps. The short and bloody engagement which followed dissolved into a simple slog to take two hills, and kill the enemy, but as was to become the pattern, as the British reached the objective, the Prinsloo and his men were already riding away across the veldt.

British 1st Division

Number engaged :

8,000

Casualties :

298 (3.73%)

Boer (Free State) forces

Number engaged :

n/a

Casualties :

150