By A Rapid Movement The Column Was Able To Extricate Itself
And Win Its Way Safely To Krugersdorp, But It Narrowly Escaped Out
Of The Wolf's Jaws, And As It Emerged Into The Open Country De La
Rey's Guns Were Seen Galloping For The Pass Which They Had Just
Come Through.
This force was sent south to Kroonstad to refit.
Lord Methuen's army, after its long marches and arduous work,
arrived at Mafeking on August 28th for the purpose of refitting.
Since his departure from Boshof on May 14th his men had been
marching with hardly a rest, and he had during that time fought
fourteen engagements. He was off upon the war-path once more, with
fresh horses and renewed energy, on September 8th, and on the 9th,
with the co-operation of General Douglas, he scattered a Boer force
at Malopo, capturing thirty prisoners and a great quantity of
stores. On the 14th he ran down a convoy and regained one of the
Colenso guns and much ammunition. On the 20th he again made large
captures. If in the early phases of the war the Boers had given
Paul Methuen some evil hours, he was certainly getting his own back
again. At the same time Clements was despatched from Pretoria with
a small mobile force for the purpose of clearing the Rustenburg and
Krugersdorp districts, which had always been storm centres. These
two forces, of Methuen and of Clements, moved through the country,
sweeping the scattered Boer bands before them, and hunting them
down until they dispersed.
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