None of the officers or men who had been responsible for the slack guarding of the guns on Gun Hill and Surprise Hill were brought before a court martial. The senior officers, Erasmus and Trichardt denied any culpability. Jan Smuts, as State Attorney responsible for organizing such a body, was unable to assemble enough officers as they were all fully occupied around Ladysmith. There were no more British raids – not so much because of any additional protection measures, but because they soon expected relief from Redvers Buller’s army corps now confronting the Boers along the Tugela River.
