On The Same Day That De La Rey Made His Coup At Uitval's Nek,
Grobler Had Shown His Presence On The North Side Of The Town By
Treating Very Roughly A Couple Of Squadrons Of The 7th Dragoon
Guards Which Had Attacked Him.
By the help of a section of the
ubiquitous O battery and of the 14th Hussars, Colonel Lowe was able
to disengage his cavalry from the trap into which they had fallen,
but it was at the cost of between thirty and forty officers and men
killed, wounded, or taken.
The old 'Black Horse' sustained their
historical reputation, and fought their way bravely out of an
almost desperate situation, where they were exposed to the fire of
a thousand riflemen and four guns.
On this same day of skirmishes, July 11th, the Gordons had seen
some hot work twenty miles or so to the south of Uitval's Nek.
Orders had been given to the 19th Brigade (Smith-Dorrien's) to
proceed to Krugersdorp, and thence to make their way north. The
Scottish Yeomanry and a section of the 78th R.F.A. accompanied
them. The idea seems to have been that they would be able to drive
north any Boers in that district, who would then find the garrison
of Uitval's Nek at their rear. The advance was checked, however, at
a place called Dolverkrantz, which was strongly held by Boer
riflemen. The two guns were insufficiently protected, and the enemy
got within short range of them, killing or wounding many of the
gunners.
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