the battle was also notable for being the first and last battle of the volunteer hollanderkorps. the hollanderkorps was a group of ca. 150 dutch volunteers which had been established a mere month earlier. during the battle the hollanderkorps suffered 9 fatalities, including herman coster, along with fellow officer cars geerts de jonge and seven soldiers: p.j. van den broek, h. van cittert, j.a. lepeltak kieft, jan moora, j.th. rummeling, m. schaink, and f.w. wagner. a further 35 of the hollanders were taken prisoner by the british. among the prisoners was willem frederik mondriaan (brother of the dutch artist piet mondrian) who was wounded in the battle. although he was able to crawl away from the battlefield he was taken prisoner by the british shortly after. he was later sent to saint helena as a prisoner of war, returning to south africa in 1903. cornelis vincent 'cor' van gogh, the brother of the dutch artist vincent van gogh, also fought in the battle where he was wounded and taken prisoner. he died shortly after. the boer generals were deeply unhappy with the hollanderkorps' performance, and it was disbanded after the battle though several hundred dutch volunteers continued to fight in boer regiments. the names of the deceased hollanders, including coster, were inscribed at a monument at the location of the battle. the monument was destroyed by vandals in 2014.