Steyn was wearing only a nightshirt and had only a halter for a bridle. At the farm of one de Jager, the lady of the house gave him her husband’s wedding suit and one of his scouts had a spare hat. Almost the entire Free State government was captured that night but Steyn soon formed a new executive. De Wet too was not in Reitz that night, he had preferred his favourite farm Blijdschap, a few miles to the west.