[8] Sometimes referred to as the battle of Rietfontein.
[9] Water-courses.
[10] About nine miles: distance reckoned by average pace of ridden horse—six miles an hour.
[11] Clear off.
[12] Hill.
[13] Literally, watch-fire men. They were the furthest outposts, whose duty it was to signal by means of their fires.
[14] Pioneers.
[15] A table-shaped mountain.
[16] A shelter-mound of earth and boulders.
[17] A ravine or water-course.