5.—The British flag hoisted in Pretoria.
7.—The 4th Battalion Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) captured by the enemy at Roodeval.
9.—Klerksdorp surrendered to General Hunter.
11.—Lord Methuen gained a complete victory over De Wet.
12.—Almond’s Nek having been forced the previous day, the Boers evacuated Laing’s Nek and Majuba at nightfall, and General Buller encamped four miles north of Volksrust.
The battle of Diamond Hill. Lord Roberts defeated Botha 15 miles east of Pretoria. The Boers retreated in the night farther east.
13.—The Boers continued their aggressions on the Senekal-Ficksburg line. The Senekal-Winburg telegraph line was damaged. General Lyttelton occupied Wakkerstroom.
14.—Rustenburg occupied by General Baden-Powell.
Botha’s rearguard surprised and “thoroughly routed” by General Ian Hamilton’s Mounted Infantry.
Position on Zand River attacked by 800 Boers with three guns. Enemy driven off by General Knox.