Stefanns Jacobus Du Toit

“ The Kaffirs kept massing more densely in front of us. Wilson asked whether I saw no chance of forcing my way through their ranks in order to inform Forbes of our situation and to urge him to prompt action and co-operation. I said I did not think so, for before I had advanced five hundred yards the Kaffirs would attack me; but if he would send another man with me, I would try. Captain Borrows hearing this, rode up to Major Wilson and said : 'Let Gooding go with him, he has a good horse.' Wilson agreed, and ordered Gooding to accompany me. ”

“ We let the Kaffirs come to within sixty yards and aimed well, so that almost every shot told, Fighting thus we retreated; first to an open space, and then further back in the direction of Forbes, as we saw that we were too greatly outnumbered.
The Kaffirs, however, continued following us, and were continually reinforced. We at last took our position behind a big ant-heap, and Wilson called out: 'Let every man choose his Kaffir.' A great many Kaffirs fell. ”

“ The Kaffirs did not fire upon us. They were amazed and could not understand how such a handful of men dared venture amongst them. We saw Kaffirs and fires all around us, but we rode on till we were so close to the waggons that we could hear them speak. We repeated the same words we had used at the first koppie, viz.: 'that we did not wish to kill any one, only to see the king and take him with us to treat with our induna at Bulawayo.'
We got no answer; but we noticed that the Kaffirs closed their ranks behind us, in order to cut off our retreat. ”