After the second position of the enemy had been stormed, yet a third was captured by the Guards, covered by the heavy fire of the artillery. This terminated the fighting.
F. Dadd, R.I.] [From a sketch by a British Officer.
BOERS SURPRISED ON A KOPJE AT BELMONT BY THE GRENADIER GUARDS.
[Nov. 23, 1899.
Boers retreat.
About 6 a.m. the enemy was in full retreat and the battle was won. It remained to follow up the victory, but unhappily the Lancers were too few and too exhausted with their hard work to inflict much damage. It has since been asserted by Boer prisoners taken at Paardeberg that all their guns might have been captured. They expressed contempt for our cavalry, but perhaps they did not understand the difficulties which it had to face. Be this as it may, the Boers were able to get away, leaving behind them, however, sixty-four waggons and a large quantity of ammunition. The waggons were destroyed and the ammunition exploded by Lord Methuen. Eighty-three Boers were said to have been killed and twenty wounded, and about thirty unwounded prisoners were taken. Among these were a German commandant of artillery and six field cornets.
J. Finnemore, R.B.A.] [After a sketch on the spot.
THE NEW SOUTH WALES LANCERS' BAPTISM OF FIRE.