sentences:  Hieronymus Cruse then took possession of the cattle ordered his forces to return to the fort.When the forces stopped to set up camp for the night the Cochoquas mobilised an attack in an attempt to recover the cattle, during the skirmish one burgher was wounded and two horses killed while about twelve Cochoquas were fatally wounded.Gonnema failed to recover the livestock and the expedition forces reached the ford again on the 25th of July 1673 with eight hundred head of horned cattle and nine hundred sheep.