The gun was not in the emplacement which caused a little stir with the attackers until it was discovered a few yards away covered by a tarpaulin. Lieutenant Digby-Jones (R.E) and Major Wing (R.A.) set to work to place gun cotton charges in the barrel. The charges laid, the attackers waited for the explosion but evidently the first fuse was faulty. A cry of "Digby-Jones! Digby-Jones!" was raised. A second fuse was laid and this time the gun exploded with a huge roar. A further charge with a long fuse was laid so as to explode when once the Boers had returned to the emplacement.
(Lieutenant Robert Digby Jones was killed in the Boer attack on the Platrand on 6th January 1900. For his defence of Wagon Point he was awarded the Victoria Cross.)
