A party of burghers, under Commandant Nel, of Kroonstad, were ordered to station themselves on a kop with a flat top, called Swartbooiskop, an hour and a half to the south of Nicholson's Nek.

Less optimistically observed, she was a short, broad-shouldered girl, built like a sturdy pony[.]

For wher so we dwell / Deth wyll us qwell / And with us mell.

Campbell should have scored but missed with a header from four yards at the far post before Taylor-Fletcher came close to adding a second when he curled an effort over the stranded Reina, who should have been punished for a poor clearance.