six o'clock
Hitherto the British loss had been wonderfully small considering the storm of bullets through which they had passed , but numbers now dropped , and taken wholly by surprise , the troops ran up the hill again . But not for long . Halting when they reached the crest , and furious at the treachery that had been practised with such success upon them , they turned again , and rushed down the hill , scattering the Boers , who still clung to their shelters , with their fire . It was just six o'clock when the Devons carried the last defence of the Boers and then with the Manchesters swept down into the camp . It was now the turn of the cavalry . These had in the darkness moved forward unnoticed , and the Lancers and Dragoons , with a few of the Colonials , among whom were the Maritzburg Scouts , fell upon the flying Boers and cut them up with great slaughter , and , although it was now quite dark , followed them for upwards of two miles , and then returned to camp . The losses were heavy .