"a deep valley, traversed by a broad "sluit" or muddy water course."
""Four miles beyond Hind's store the column following the scouts, which met with no opposition, ascended a steep rise of some 400 feet, and came full in view of the Boer position on the opposite side of a deep valley, traversed by a broad 'sluit' or muddy watercourse."
"Dit sluit in die toestand van fasiliteite, toerusting en voertuie, personeel, wapentuig en wapenstelsels, beskikbaarheid van ammunisie en toerusting, ens."