The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-08 00:00:00

lohel Skip with, commanding 43d Regiment; Major Pinckney,
commanding 73d Regiment; Major Kyle, commanding de-
tachnient 45th Regiment; Captain Faddy, commanding
Royal Artillery; Major Forbes, commanding 01. at Regiment;
Captain' Patton, commanding 74th Highlanders; Captain
Crowder commanding 6th Regiment; the of icprk gam-
rnandins lovies, End the oflicets of the staff and medical
ofheer4employed on this occasion.
Throughout these operations the loss of the erenan from
the fire of nine guns *rid the intrepid infantry, has been most
sanguinary ; 1,000 head of cattle and 130 hors have fallen
into our hands—goats, some arms, ammunition, a great
quantity of stores in Macomo's den. He has been driven
from his stronghold iu every direction, and the troops are
moving to complete his flaal expulsion over the Kei.
llecasualtiei among the troops have been comparatively
few.

One officer, Lieutenant Wrottesley, 43d Regiment, and
seven men killed, and eighteen men wolf:Oa:,
2. As a part of the general 'operations Ordered, Lieutenant-
Colonel Perceval, 12th Regiment, commanding a force of
900 men, had been assembled by the Commander-in-Chief
for the purpose of driving the Chiefs Stock and Dodo from
the Fish River Bush, and the Chief Tola from a second posi-
tion of that Bush; and on the 11th Lieutenant-Colonel
Perceval in two columns assailed the position of Stock, which
was mast gallantly carried, and Major Armstrong, Cape
Mounted Rifles, distinguished himself; 190 head of cattle
fell into his hands—many goats; fifteen of the enemy were
counted slain, many arms taken, and they fled in disorder.
(Signed) A. J. CLOETE, Quartermaster-General.
(True Copy) If. L. MAyDwELL, Military Secretary.

LATEST FROM THE SEAT OF WA'it
(From the Graham's Town Journal of March 27.)
MILITARY OPERATIONS.

It will be seen that the Commaner- in-Chief has made dis-
positions on a very comprehensive scale for harrying the
enemy throughout the entire seat of war. Not only are the
" patrols" or columns of the field force to operate in the
Gaika country, but the military posts within the colony, from
Shilo to Fort Peddie, and embracing Fof t Brown, are tolassist
by sending out scouring parties around their respective lo-
calities. The dispositions made by Sir Harry Smith seem to
be unexceptionable. lie appears to have become thoroughly
roused, and we incerely hope that his Excellency may suc-
ceed in, as he himself expresses it, " making the country too
hot for the rebels." The troops destined for the expedition
against the Atnatolas are to be provisioned for fifteen days,
at the; end of which time it is probable Sir Harry's
command will have ceased. Should it be so, we
sincerely trust that the movement of his last dic-
tating may be of a nature to add other "laurels to
his brow." Some mention is made of there being a proba-
bility that he will admit the enemy to a peace, so that he may
welcome his successor with " the war .is over," and thus
claim the merit of havine• in his own person restored South
Africa to that peace which he has all along said he was re-
solved to achieve- Should the successes of the troops be such
as to bring about a cen.?es,ion to the Governor's terms within
the next• few days, we trust that Sir Harry Smith will not
do more than admit a temporary cessation of hostilities, but
by no means attempt to form any treaties to-day which
ghin
ld g-stock and a eto the
Major-General Cathcart
c.mseur acts to be ala
mauy up,et to-morrow, and again
crafty Kafirs. Such policy wou in all likelihoodriddl bring tha
war back to the point it started from, and leave a new cam-
paign to be commenced. It seems highly desirable, however,
that the new Governor hould have an opportunity of benefit
ing by a thorough insight into his predecessor's policy, and net by zaly means to go experimenting. The fiathas gone
forth—British Kafraria is to be evacuated by every
man
.who has borne arms against British power, and
every such rebel is to be driven across the Kei. When this
Is accomplished the sword and the rifle way be returned to
their rests, but short of this we are firmly persuaded that Sir
Harry will not admit a moment's respite to the treacherous
savages, whose ferocity and barbarity make the blood of ci-
vilized man to curdle, but which only draw from their in-
human breasts screams of fiendish exultation, when they see
their victims writhing under such horrible tortures as have
been, during Ohs war, inflicted upon such hapless Europeans
as have fallen into their hands. Mr. Hartung, the band-
master of the 74th Highlanders, it has been admitted by the
Kafir women taken prisoners by Col. Eyre's column, was cut
into pieces with assegais whilst living, being kept under tor-
ture for three days, the process of which was that of cutting off
his fingers and toes inch by inch, at intervals, and whqn, at
the close of the third day, the wretched man asked for food,
a piece of his own flesh was cut from his body and given
him. A few hours afterwards death terminated his suffer-
ings. But this atrocity has been exceeded in the case of
Sergeant Lange, who fell alive into the enemy's hands on
the occasion of Colonel Yarborough's late disastrous patrol,
and who was found at the end of tifiree days from his capture,
expiring under the horrors of crucifixion, being extended
upon his back on the ground, to which he was fixed by
stakes of wood, driven through the palms of his hands, the
ankles, and a fifth through his body. Humanity forbids a
further recital of such barbarities. Surely the demons who have
inflicted them have laid themselves open to the severest of
penalties.

We are happy to state that all the wounded of Colonel
Yarborough's force are doing well. Captain Bramley and
Ensign !Jibbed are recovering rapidly, and the gallant
colonel is so far convalescent as to be about undertaking a
journey to Graham's Town.
The enemy still continues kis depredations when opportu-
nity offers. One day last week a waggon, laden with sup-
plies from Fort Beaufort, was attacked at the Blinkwater,
within a short distance of the camp, the contents and oxen
taken away, and an Englishman killed.
The Chief Umhala, it would now appear, onght to be
classed with the rebel Gaikas, and his country and cattle put
under the same martial visitation as theirs. If not an open
_
enemy, he is an abettor threefold more dangerous. The
Commander-in-Chief would be fully justified in expelling this
tribe also over the lief.

Those of the Albany Burghers who were attached to Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Perceval's camp returned home this morning.
These men have done good service, and we understand were
dismissed in the most complimentary manner by Lieutenant-
Colonel Perceval.

(From the Graham's Town Journal of March 27).
Head-quarters, Seven Kloof Point, Amatolas, Camp,
March 24, 1852.

liis Excellency the Commander-in-Chief directs the pub-
lication of the following memorandum for general infor-
mation. H. L. MAYDWELL, Military Secretary.