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9 1ST ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS. 115force of the reserve battalion, with two guns,1842.under command of Major Forbes, was orderedfrom Fort Beaufort to join at Colesberg, a marchof about 300 miles vid the Winterberg mountains,where the whole force would be under commandof Colonel Hare, C.B., who on arrival issued aproclamation ordering all loyal subjects to 1844.appearand swear allegiance, which the Dutch farmersthought wiser to do when theyhad seen the forcesent to put down any rebellion on their part ;therefore no hostilities took place, and the mainpart of the troops returned to their previousquarters, leaving three companiesof the 91stunder Major Lament, who was succeeded byMajor Ducat on being appointed to command thereserve battalion. Major Ducat, however, caughta severe cold which ended in his death, whenCaptain Campbell took command.The emigrant farmers beyond the 1845.OrangeRiver, or north-east boundary of the colony, earlyin 1845, committed aggressions on the Griquas orBastards, by attacking their villages or kraals,and carrying off their cattle, etc. ; the Griquasclaimed the protection of the British Government,the Boers having assembled in large bodies.Accordingly a detachment of the 91st stationed