The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-06 00:00:00

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the cattle, has eaptu a quantity of goats, besides
filling eight Kafirs. He also destroyed a great many
ardene, with the crops nearly ripe. It is reported that
• Unehala's people were concerned in the late
dttack on oternel Eyre, at the Kei Drift." A patrol, •
moved this morning to join. Colonel Pole's brigade. . ''-''
The following is from the same journal:--
" Tyumie Camp, Ist February, 1852.
" There appears at present but little pro,spect of the Kafire _
really wanting peace, although from the hills they are coil * - .
tinually calling us to go away, that they are tired of 'war:,
We were out on a three days' patrol., destroyed 'a great Many,
gardens, and shot a few Kafirs; but the enemy was noien '
sufficient force .to make any great resistance.; a few long , ,
shots only were fired at:us. ,The Kat Riverelety had. two ,sue
gagements; in the first they knocked ewer siX,' and in the
second fourteen Kafirs, and captured twenty head of catre
and 'twenty horses; they had one killed and several
wounded. Colonel Michel's division has also been engaged; '
they killed three Kafirs, and got one officer and one man ,
severely wounded of the Gth Regiment, Lieutenant Armi-
tage. The Kafirs 'are treking in large numbers towards
the Katberg. Colonel Michel's brigade has. joined the let
division.
" A very unfortunate affair happened at Vyge Kraal, Fish
River, on Saturday, about three o'clock a.m., which might
Lave terminated more fatally than it did. It seems that
Commandant Shepeiene and Captain Samuel Loxton were
corning to Graham's Town from Whittlesea—having visited
General Somerset's camp by the way. They had with them
nearly forty men of Kema's people. Having taken posses-
sion of the:deserted house at Vyge Kraal, sentries were posted
in the neighbourhood to keep a good look-out. Unfor-
tunately, Major Horne, of the 12th, commanding Port
Brow, with a few men, and Captain Bertram, commanding
Hottentots at Niemand's Kraal happened to fall in with this
outlying picquet, the men of whom hailed Maier Horne's
party, who 'aid they were friends; but the Kafirs said,
" Y.,u cant't be friends, for you are Hottentots," and they
fled. Upon this Major Horne's party fired into them, killing
one and wounding six, three very badly. The assailants then
turned their attention to the house where the remainder of
the supposed enemy had taken refuge, and fired their gnus at
it, and they were just on the point of rushing into it when
luckily Captain Loxton recognised Major Horne's voice as
he shouted to the men to charge, and the former immedi-
ately shouted in return; and the result was a mutual ex-
planation, which probably saved the lives of moat of Major •
Home's party, which numbered only 20, while that of Mr.
Shepstone were double that number, and were kneeling down •
with their guns cocked to receive their assailants the
moment they should set foot in the house. Every pos-
sible care was taken of the wounded mem by order of
Major Home,"
We extract the following from the Graham's Town
Jonrnal of Feb. 3:—
"An express reached town last evening, by whicliwe learn
that the Kafirs have assembled in very considerable force '
along the whole Aniatola range, from Gaika's Kop . above „
phumie to the eastern peintof:the range, having y!rx.l;;.:
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" It is stated that the commander of the rebels came aown
yesterday to ssy he wasted to talk, but obtained no encou-
ragement. The Hogaback range was cleared on the 28th
without difficulty, but Captain Fisher, who had been de-
tached with 450 of the Kat River levies, had a very sharp
engagement with about 1,500 of the Kafirs,k with whom were
about 400 rebels. He beat them off, shot 20 Kafirs, and cap-
tured& small lot of cattle, but had a struggle to get through.
The troops had been employed, it is said, during the whole of
the afternoon, in cutting a good road for the guns into the
Amatola Basin—a work of immense importance, and which
will toil the enemy more than anything. An attack would
commence at daylight on the 29th. It is said, that a rein-
forcement of 2,000 men had joined Macomo in Si ater Moot'.
The preparations made both by the Kafirs and Hottentots,
who are acting in concert, do not hold out any prospect of the
Governor's terms leading to peace.

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