Guided by National Scouts, part of Colonels Kekewich and Hickie’s force, consisting of 634 men with a pom-pom, under Major H.P. Leader, surprised a laager of Commandant Sarel Alberts at Gruisfontein, 24 km east of Lichtenburg.
The Boers’ losses were eight men killed, at least 10 wounded and between 100 and 132 captured, including Alberts. The British losses totalled only eight wounded. The Commando’s horses bolted and were later rounded up by General Kemp’s men enabling him to remount some of the almost 1 000 burghers in his laager. As dismounted men are practically of no use in guerrilla operations, the recaptured horses almost made up for the loss of Albert’s men in terms of fighting strength.[1]
[1] ANGLO-BOER WAR – A CHRONOLOGY – Pieter G. Cloete
