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rugged natnie of the ground, did not reach them till
past two (Mock, by which time ,the cattle were too far
off to attempt taking them that afternoon. I therefore
+Tided «upon going down to the Mini's River; and. en-
inti4in'ilor the night about two'nellas above its junction
with the Kei, hoping that the Kifiriciweuld imagine that
I intended to cross the Kei nekt Captain Tylden
joined me there, bratthe f
;u ..entry , remained- on the
heights about feur miles (dr. ; •
" Next inernin: (the 7th)reteeted at four o'clock,
and, itatead';ef 'crossing the I went 'ups very
steep mOnrittin called thewith`all the mounted
men and • Dingoes, a6ndings--:-thseMei River Levy to
show Majoi Forbes the wet, I' waited him to take
the infantry. .S3Oll after zdaylight the Burghers,
who were in atingle°, reached, 'tthe top of the
mountain, 7 and .sew large drove*, of cattle in the,
kloof below, and immediately went in pursuit.of them.
fenutined ,On the top of the mot • in.with the Cape
moneted. Rifles, in order to watch
„a '.uppor(them, if
.eecessary Perceiving a great ,nut. •f' cattle' dOwn in
n Aloof Jny left, .I hent word .to ain Tykleti, who
was half wainp the mountain, to turn off to his left, and.
go dowe,to take them. Oa looltitig.,eack towards the
I*.eit I oaw,about 500 mounted Kalifs (Who had evidently
blee watching the drift) ride down hill, on the other
eide.of the river, cross it, and ride towards us as bard as
they wall
. "I remained on tne top of the'mountain until I' saw
the Burghers driving the captured cattle over a hill to
my left, and 004, I descendeth into the valley. The
ellemy,follewed nee et„st distance; until I began to ascend
'when they eantmenced
,a twist spirited attack
upon etie.Cape 114euut:ed Rifles. The ground was, so
reeky ana,eterit-thett#N•men 'optild,:not charge, and. I
was obliged to diamon4ihem, *ad send the horses to
the front. Hewever,t4 Cape Atirmted Riles held every
available position, alttludvanced gradually up the hill
ned
y turghers7`eil-0,7
Viaileenot
a most steady mantaeAhecbokilnt gb ;,ete' enemy
~whenever"
but
100 heed of cattle, which they were obliged to leave„
they said,• in order to prevent the Kafira from surround-
Of great use in help-
ing A few Englishmen
beloas tihnoothe cattle well on=, the enemy,
enemy. At 1 P
ott
to cheek
totheThoseCommandantenße
,hjs e
advance.ra
Be were
w k e
party came also
4erentidshot
and
several of
after
seeing
open country, going towards the camp at the Thomas
downthe Kta°fi r u
es r
River, I returned to my pomp with the Cape Mannted
Rifles.
" The conduct of the officers and men of the Cape
Mounted Rifles was admirable, and deserves the greatest
praise. lam greatly indebted .to Major SomerSet for
the verygreat assistance be rendered ,me by pieeinehie
men in different positions, and checkiag the advance of
the enemy. Captain Carey behaved with his usual gal-
lantry, and received a slight contusion on his left arm
and breast. Sergeant Pollock and Privates Brits and
Titus were savagely wounded, and one troop horse
killed.

" Tholnfantry under Major Forbes were not engaged
with the enemy; but, from the judicious position' the
cMaattjloor
etsoco'ilipitu3gp,frwoemrecoafp
tgairneaTt
yiudseen. in preventing the
" I enclose Captain Tylden's report, by Which you
will perceive_ that the enemy attacked his Party also in a
most determined manner, but were repulsed with severe
loss, and 930 head of cattle and SO'borses fell into his
officer for his
hands.gallan illy
conduct y beeot nthtahnisk so
cacraes,
idoune. .to this
" Three thousand one hundred head of cattle 70
horses, and 1,500 goat were taken from the enemy;
and upwards or, 50 Kafirs were shot during this patrol.
"I auf greatly indebted to Major Forbes, Command.
ing the infantry; Major Somerset, commanding the
Cape Mounted Rifles; Captain Tylden, commanding the
Whittlesea Force; Lieutenant Green, Deputy-Assistiint
Quartermaster-General; Civil Comilissioner• Gilfillan,
and his Commandants, Messrs. Gillian, Plusie, Kruger
and the Cradock Burghers;, Commandants Bowker,
laporte, W. Bower, Piet Kruga and the Somerset
Burghers; Captain Thompson, Commanding Rat River
Levy; and Captain Campbell, Commanding the Fingoes,
for their conduct in this patrol.
"I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
" GEORGE NAPIER,
" Lieutenant-Colonel Cape Mounted Rifler,
• Commending Patrol.
"Major-General Somerset, C. 8., Commanding
Ist Division."
" Quantie, Junction of the Doom and Kei Rivers,
April 8.
" Sir,—l have the honour to report that after leaving
the bivouac on the Thomas -River, at daylight, I duly
received your.order, through Lieutenant Green, Deputy-
Assistant Quartermaster General, forwarding a commu-
nication to Major Forbes, which I was unable to dis-
patch until the afternoon, anttdirecting me to follow the
enemy's cattle, which I did.

do descending towards the river I came in sight of
a considerable' herd of the enemy's cattle; in the midst
of a difficult and exceedingly broken country on the
-tabor tide. •--

"The strength of my force, viz;--.

Rank
Office:E. and File, Horses.
North Victoria Native Lovy 7
Leslie), „ ton V-Inuteera ... 223. 220
Colegberg Native Levy ... `.: 27 27
2
Kat River Fingoe Levy ... 1
32 9
8
Whittlesea Burghers ... 1
8 8

9 295 dividing it snd detaching
a '266
did not admit of my
party
seme'distance down the river, which I should otherwise
have wished to do, in order to preirent the escape of the
cattle, but *hewing that M
L. —5.10 r Forbes with his force
would Ife'werking iu that direction I had no hesitation
in crossing the riven° attack the cattle. •
" The enemy were, posted Ott a 'high bill, assailable
only on the flank's, the
.point being so precipitous as to
preclude all possibility • O.c
- clip:gang, and the sides
scarcely accessible; I therefore divided my force into two
parties to ascend the hill upon
N.V. Native Levy,
fired on the enemy to occu
Lieutimant
PY his attention in front.
The party 'who ascended on the left flank and first
turned the cattle were led by Commandant J. Holden
Bowker and Lieuienants M
ing party, under
on the 'left by Captain Austen and Lieutenant Arnold,
N. V., Native Levy, and I hare on this occasion
sii:eir, flank, while a cover-
brought the names of these °moots
to your notice, on
account of -the gallant and deliberate which
manner in
—4B°ll and Warner, and that
950 head of cattle and 56 horses were wrested from the
enemy•in the face of a powerful resistance—the enemy
Pssessioa of strong
attacking our rear and both flanks in order to recapture
their cattle. '
.6 Being, howeier, in
favourable for taking the elute out of the ravines, we
succeeded in bring them up p heights,
the open
althougn the enemy followed on oar rear, until re" peat,(.clty repulsed.
~, on ascending the hills I close in sight of Major
ground.
Forbes' force acting i th I
side, and who, thus doubled,
.ower °luxury of the opposite
Prevented the escape of the
.. A party (about k 5) of the Est Hottentot
River
attached to this force Werealso
Lev
' the' bill, and . acting
opposite side of
.t, . .
46 SOON as they slicer-
tsined the direction o our ettteek Pushed gallantly for-
asaisting in the'capture Ward.
ofQf obtaining
11re:vet
of Oetne of the cattle.
cattle in that direction.
lam glad to report, than might h been
ght have
.been
our casual-
ected. Tw
„„ 8,1 Yet reported severely
ethese b
Vended, one o. Y"" stalgi.
Several of my
were shot. The •enera) g
horses loss (counted) was
ea more mita
about 20,
but ml ea • t Dave fallen pleasure of bringiu ''th '
"1 havelhepCommandantg to your notice e
exertions of T.
active
ancing the N, ,f.,.
- Rolden Bowker, of.
Captain Austen, con?o2
Tlet facilitoy
e -' v • Native Levy, of
F. lle d Adjutant, and of all he
officers and, men engaged in. this operation, which ferrite
diffioulty and -the manner in , which :
4t was carried out
by th4-in has not been exceeded oo __ y .
un occasion in
which my force has been engaged durin-
K the war.
"I have .&e.,
,„ . ,
ueP4UP'll°Yal Engineers,
tCiea's‘ptain Orpen, acting
Commanding N' 1.)-
. ; v Ntoria Cont.
&e ' -
" Lieutenant-Colonel Ntapter,. .
" R. ,Tri.DEN,

er
wEitis—smila().T2osw7n.2AGril 7. 'e
si His Excellency Lieutenant-Gie
gua GENERAL
, K i
ers ioi the
th
Cathcart having been appointed by the n_Hon George
me, I this day relinquish the command. Toeinditeorgrenhoenvee
Brother officers and soldierse—Noosi_ _
hathf ful than to bid farewell to old a.on,dgagt lle:riloonarg:inatihn:
uhtatvaeehesderaysed;
havemy Qeuveeern and countryt Da
antlyl fyreieanrescl,Ps.anrd
uarcdcuesousisng
were ever more endeared to me Man those se_v. ,
the night marches, the The
campaign
labours,
the torrents of rain, have been encountered with
burning sun,
fulness as conspicuous as the intrepictiii, , a cheer-
of 1851.52,
.1 "Lth which you
•have 4net the' enemy in so many _enterprising fights] and
skirmishes in his own mountain fastnesses wad.
strong-
-holds, and from which you have ever driven him victor
riously.
4, Heave you, my eomr
laying before your Queen, your oentry, and
the Duke of Wellington, these services fi "
they deserve,
which reflect so much honour upon you:
" Farewell, my comrades!—Your honour
and interests
will he ever more dear to me than my own.
4, I_, .
1.1 .
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"GENERAL ORDER.--No, 3.
. " Head-quarters,K ng William's Town, April 11.
" 1, Nljor-Geueria Yorke is appointed to the com-
mand of the 2d division, and all Pate belonging to it,
asd in the district of British Kafrarta.
"2, '['he Commander-iu-Chief desires to reoord, as
part of the operations in progress under the disposition of
his Excellency's predecessor, Sir Harry R ;
—go.th the ener-
getic exertions of the column under Lieutenant-Colonel
Fare in the Keiskam lioek of the 7th inst., where about
800 head of cattle and i horses belonging to Anta were
captor, d, in one of the moat formidable positions of the
Amatoles, in spite of every opposition of the enemy.
` In this affair our casualties were—one officer, Cap-
tain Gore, 43d Regimen'' killed at the head of his
com-
p
ay. lf,.=ading thi-n., on with the ,utmost gallantry, :Itid
bi 93e4• . '
-•e..tinPEa• , A. • .
-- - nA. J. METE, vff ~-.. .
Atikt.
" The Commandant, Grithelted Town."