The Maxims were fired until they grew too hot, and, water failing for the cool jacket, five of them jammed and went out of action. The 7-pounder was fired until only half an hour’s ammunition was left to fire with. One last rush was made, and failed, and then the Staats Artillery came up on the left flank, and the game was up.”
Jameson hoisted a white flag and surrendered.
There is a story, which may not be true, about an ignorant
Boer farmer there who thought that this white flag was the
national flag of England. He had been at Bronkhorst, and
Laing’s Nek, and Ingogo and Amajuba, and supposed that the
English did not run up their flag excepting at the end of a fight.
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PRISONER'S AT ROLL CALL.
The following is (as I understand it) Mr. Garrett’s estimate of Jameson’s total loss in killed and wounded for the two days:
“When they gave in they were minus some 20 per cent. of combatants. There were 76 casualties. There were 30 men hurt or sick in the wagons. There were 97 killed on the spot or mortally wounded.”
