After the Battle of Belmont, Lord Methuen's force advanced up the railway in armored trains.

After the artillery engagement, Methuen heliographed the Coldstreams, Scots, and Grenadiers to advance from Belmont to Graspan.

Unlike their army counterparts, these troops were not accustomed to the method of fighting that the regular infantry had faced.

Eventually the British had encircled the position and had successfully infiltrated into the trenches, causing them to retreat to Modder River.

Eventually on November 28, his forces would engage with a much larger Boer army at the Battle of Modder River.