"I again draw attention to the exceptional organising power of Colonel Townsend. At Swinks Pan at 11.30 P.M. I was informed that, owing to all the ambulances having been used for taking the wounded to the train at Belmont, I had scarcely a field-hospital mounted officer, only three ambulances and three stretchers. I knew I had to fight next morning, so got together fifty blankets in order to carry wounded with help of rifles. I also sent to Colonel Townsend to make arrangements for wounded by 3 A.M., a messenger having to ride seven miles to him. He met me on the field with full supply of ambulances, and I never saw anything more of him or the wounded, because he had a train ready for them between Graspan and Belmont. His only complaint is that there is not much of his mules left, an observation which applies equally to men and animals." To show how completely all the British projects were known, a curious incident of this battle may be quoted. Four men were captured by Rimington's Guides, but three of them being unarmed were released. It was subsequently discovered that these same persons had taken to the Jacobsdal commando minute details regarding the British camp, with the result that a Boer force was detached to attack the station. The total British casualties were estimated at 197, including twenty killed and seven missing. At the close of the action, Lord Methuen complimented the members of the Naval Brigade on their splendid behaviour, and expressed regret at the losses they had sustained. The following is the list of officers killed, wounded, and missing at the battle of Graspan or Enslin of 25th November:-- 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Light Infantry.--Wounded: Captain C. A. L. Yate, Lieutenant H. C. Fernyhough, Lieutenant C. H. Ackroyd. Naval Brigade.--Killed: Commander Ethelston, _Powerful_;[6] Major Plumbe, R.M.L.I., _Doris_; Captain Senior, R.M.A., _Monarch_; C. A. E. Huddart, Midshipman, _Doris_. The following were severely wounded:-- Flag-Captain Prothero, _Doris_, and Lieutenant Jones, R.M.L.I., _Doris_. [Illustration: PRIVATE AND CORPORAL OF THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS. Photo by Gregory & Co., London.]