Before the battle, the Afrikaners prayed, vowing always to commemorate that day if they won.

战前，白人祈祷，如果打赢了这场战役，誓言要纪念胜利日。

Even the birds were better off than Afrikaners, he grumbled: “Even the marsh-lourie has his sleeping-place and his fellows, his lourie-people.”

甚至鸟儿也比布尔人好，他咕哝着：“即便是沼泽蕉鹃也有他的栖息地，他的伙伴，他的鸟群。”

Great Britain would retain  control over South African affairs until 1931. British rule in the Cape Colony brought  significant changes for the Dutch-speaking Afrikaners.

英国将保留对南非事务的控制权，直至 1931 年。英国对开普殖民地的统治给讲荷兰语的南非荷兰语人带来了重大变化。