General Hutton in the meantime was opposing the southern detachment of Boers near Lewpoort. He had four days' fighting, and finding that he was being outflanked, asked for reinforcements. The 1st Cavalry Brigade left Kameeldrift on the 9th of July, the 8th Hussars taking the place of the Greys. On the 11th the Brigade carried Lewpoort Hill at the gallop--the position for which General Hutton had been fighting before. Only one man was lost in this operation. The Cavalry Brigade then went into camp at Olifantsfontein, on the right of General Hutton's position at Reitvlei. (The whole force continued to draw its supplies from Springs Station, the terminus of a short mineral line from Johannesburg, where, at the end of June, the Boers had been routed by the Canadians who garrisoned the place.) The Dutchmen moved to some kopjes, and infested the high ground on the east of Bronkhers Spruit. The outposts of the two forces were continually in contact, and sniping was part of the daily programme. The Cavalry remained at Olifantsfontein till after the 21st of July, while preparing for a general advance towards Middelburg. The list of casualties on that fatal 11th was a long one:-- Near Deerdepoort: _Killed_:--7th Dragoon Guards--Second Lieutenant K. K. Mackellar. _Wounded_--Captain B. E. Church; Lieutenant H. A. Chomeley. At Nitral's Nek: _Killed_:--Royal Scots Greys--Lieutenant Conolly. Royal Dragoons--Second Lieutenant Pilkington. 2nd Lincoln--Lieutenant G. F. Prichard. _Wounded:_--Lincolnshire Regiment--Captain J. J. Howley, Lieutenant C. J. Rennie, Major E. Herapath. _Made Prisoners_:--Lincolnshire Regiment--Colonel H. R. Roberts, wounded; Lieutenant C. G. Lyall, unwounded. At Kaalboschfontein: Royal Scots Greys--Captain C. J. Mitchell, severely wounded.