The Bakgatla Baga Mmanaana (Part 6)

After losing five men, with more wounded, in a failed assault on the hill, Kruger’s men confined themselves to sniping at the Batswana defences. At one point the defenders ran out of bullets but are said to have succeeded in keeping the attackers at bay by firing off blank rounds. Meanwhile hit and run skirmishes involving the BagaMmanaana, amongst others, also occurred elsewhere in the area.

As dusk set in Scholtz called off the attack. “Rramokonopi” Sechele’s men still held Boswelakgosi: “Rramokonopi wa bo Kgosidintsi, otlhotse akonopna le Poulwe [Kruger]; erile motshegare Poulwe alapa, gasala gokonopa Rramokonopi.”