12 APRIL 1901 - RUIGTESPRUIT

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After the successful Rietspruit action Lt-Col Monro set out again 2 nights later towards Ventershoek. In the Ruigtespruit vicinity the party became entangled in difficult country, and owed its escape with but seven casualties largely to its being mistaken for friends by the Boers, who were met with in considerable strength. 
Official History, Vol IV, p163.