"At Hind's store we were informed that the force in our front had increased during the forenoon to about 800 men, of whom a large number were entrenched on the hillside.
"Four miles beyond Hind's store the column following the scouts, which met with no opposition, ascended a steep rise of some 400 feet, and came full in view of the Boer position on the opposite side of a deep valley, traversed by a broad 'sluit' or muddy watercourse.
"Standing on the plateau or spur, on which our force was forming up for action, the view to our front was as follows:—
"Passing through our position to the west ran Hind's store—Krugersdorp Road traversing the valley and the Boer position almost at right angles to both lines.
JAMESON'S LAST STAND—THE BATTLE OF DOORNKOP, 2nd JANUARY 1896.
Painting by R. Caton Woodville.
Reproduced by special arrangement with Henry Graves & Co., London.
"Immediately to the north of this road, at the point where it disappeared over the sky-line on the opposite slope, lay the Queen's Battery House and earthworks, completely commanding the valley on all sides, and distant 1900 yards from our standpoint.