The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-13 00:00:00

interreter,
kit e , t, I:y ga, airly volunteered
.to.n.
truaiped,
iency s dispatches, and with which he was e
starting across the Kafir country with no more
thall ten men, under the command of Lieutenant Stokes,
1". Mr. Voole was delayed at Block Drift by indis-
Position, but Lieutenant Stokes reached Fort Beaufort
With the orders of the Commander-in-Chief on Friday,
woveLIT &mediate preparations were made fur the forward
Inovenumt,

-thkirrom the Graham's Town Journal of Aug. 4.)
•a e
the Urrnation has this moment been received from Fort
auf9rt, briefly detiling
under the operations of the tr_oopss
scominandaof Colonel Hare and Sir Andrea
~,:nstrom, in the Amatola Mountains, the substance
nach is contained in the following extract:—
a.last Wednesday the Kafirs attacked Colonel Hare's
r*tat) under the Amatela, and I regret, to say that a ser-
Itt. of the Royal Sappers and Miners, named Barnes,
16lied, also the sergeant-major of the provisional
on;T!ny, recently commanded by Cain Loxton, and
dou
3-`llngoe. The moment this attack as made a treinen-
bui was opened in the direction whence the Kafirs
fired, and wnich was continued sometime. Eight or
atill, Of our men (coloured) were wounded in this
night
4'_nele, but the loss sustained by the enemy had not been
'cer wined, though it is thought that many must have
bee either killed or wounded. Before sunrise the next
aierr
fe , ling (Thurday) the principal part of this division
opeo.onel Hare's) and also of Sir Andreas Stockenstrom,
ra under arms and in motion, the coloured companies
vat" )rinn• the bush with the greatest alacrity and deter-
latior- The Fingoes especially are spoken of as fight-
with so much determined resolution, that their con-
-I,l'-3 excited the especial notice and admiration of Colo.
.111:1ere, who r:peatedly cheered them on to the attack.
LuKafirs were in several divisions, and it is said dis-
lled considerable tact in their movements, and were
t Wanting in courage. The fight continued amongst
ae khloofs and mountains the whole of Thursday, the
Sunse,i"sNa,roor,s
not returning to their encampment until after
t,
It ;Is conjectured—though of course front the
'',ery nature of the locality it can be only conjecture—
'that not less than one hundred Kafirs fell in these en-
gagements, it respective of a great many wounded. Two
prisoners were taken, and who, it is affirmed, have given
important int ormation
zine
respecting their powder maga
in the Amatoli. 'During
these actions blue lights and
rockets were thrown up at intervals as signals to the
head-quarter diivision, but no answering signal was seen,
liar could it b e ascertained where this division actually
Iva.% The foLtowing day all was preparation for a second
engagement, but on making a reconnoisance it was
trod that daring the night the enemy had given our
untip the slip, and had retired towards the ports of the
taitl, their favourite haunts. The crest of the moun-
has:: 11? 3rfectly clear of the enemy, and not, as it
to nallY b ,een seen, lined with men daring the troops
come tura 'ard. ColJnel Hare has now moved to Fort
-
tbiuttellrsh,era n, ahe will for the present establish his head-
tnek l where he was to be joined by Sir A.
ins, enstron 1, by another route- the same even-
men t, report has come in -of.athe move-
have t 3
tnt ha latter officer, and who appears to
" al some of the most difficult passes
in the
the se
antain ranges. In approaching or passing
/rot, of these a fire was opened upon his men
order aes°ll ending rocky eminence. Upon this an
to 8 ' ,minding
to a detachment of the Hottentot levy
So storm 4_,
u I dislodge the enemy from this point, when,
this W 1 ire the lingoes for the fight, that on hearing
forwarder
order they, without waiting for command, rushed
of ward, el t umbering the rocky and steep heights in face
fire, and by which, I regret to say, six
._°fottilitheeeso
;Yra'sve fellows were shot dead, and three
'Wed,
The enemy were, however, speedily driven
Mtn th•
14 astness, with the loss of 39 killed and many
vfnun d "
Thu'
• thG t,ef.points of importance to be ga!hered from
retires "u n communication is, that the Kafirs have
tresses v':per into the recesses of their mountain fast-
.d that the several divisions had no', on the
junel melt of -operations, formed, as desired, a
,ahen °n t the Arnatola. It appears also that the enemy,
OA, 6t"' lily met even on their own ground. had invari-
y rstirt before the tr oops,whetherFingoes, Hottentots,
e
"itfF; opposed to them. We do not know whether
the le ht,' ::ties are aware of tht fact or not, but it is not
4 :trtain, that if the country in the rear of the
tio,i's 63 left unobstructed, it will be vain to expect any
force- en% ,ation of hostilities until we have an adequate
th-et? regular troops in the field. The detention of
ur Cher levies is a serious misfortune to the whole
and no mode of warfare could be adopted by the
ei,-;ern,3' better calculated to harass the colonists, and to
entail 8 erious embarrassment to the British Government,
,11-;11 te keep our forces in the field without coming to a
`re'siv, engagement.
is said by persons who crossed yesterday the high
re--ges I•" g between Graham's Town and the Ceded
4-ercat ar3.11.1, that the distant sound of a -heavy cannonade
Was h, acrd by them in the direction of the Amatola.