wagon
and span (16 oxen), a Cape Cart, and the limber of the gun which
Colonel Scott-Turner was trying to take. Among the prizes was a baboon,
which proved to be the mascot of the company of Cape Mounted Police
stationed at Vryburg, left behind when they evacuated the town somewhat
hurriedly.
Meanwhile
Scott-Turner and his men were in a most awkward position, lying in a
shallow redoubt with its side partly exposed, for the redoubts occupied
by the two opposing parties both faced east toward Kimberley, but the
one occupied by the Boers was much larger and better built. It was
impossible for any of the attacking party to show their heads without
receiving
