The British had been pursuing commandos in the Cape for the entire length of the guerrilla phase of the war, none more so than Commandant Kritzinger.
In December 1901 he was cornered and in a skirmish, injured and taken prisoner. He was imprisoned at Graaff-Reinet and tried, as were a number of other Boer Commandants, by a military tribunal. Charges against him were similar to those levelled against Scheepers and Lotter, who were found guilty and executed.
Kritzinger was acquitted after influence from England and the United States was forthcoming.
