Lieutenant Edward Gordon of the R.S.F. wrote in his diary of the last night of the drive: “Firing almost continuous all night. There were undoubtedly a number of Boers trying the line at various places all along to find good places for breaking thro’. About eight armoured trains could be counted on the main line and the Heilbron branch line, by their searchlights going all night. It was a wonderful sight, like a great display of fireworks with the beams of searchlights flashing all over the sky and a continual roar of rifle fire, punctuated by the rattle of a Maxim or the report of a field gun. It was about the most wonderful night I’ve ever spent and didn’t sleep a wink all night.”