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9 1ST AEGYLLSHIBE HIGHLANDERS. 145steepness of the ascent at this;moment you1846.arrived with your division to our support."With the subsequent occurrences of the dayyou are acquainted.The casualties of my partyon this occasion were three privates of the 91stkilled ;one corporal and two privates wounded ;one Hottentot burgher wounded, who died on thefollowing morning; and my horse shot duringthe ascent. I have much pleasure in being ableto state that the whole of the party under mycommand, including the burgher Hottentots, behavedwith the greatest coolness and determination."Major Campbell adds in a postscript :" On this occasion the Kaffirs acknowledge tohave lost 200.is(It well known that the Kaffirsalways endeavour to conceal the numbers they losein war,so the chances are that what even thevacknowledge is greatly under the mark.) Theconduct of my 200 men was admirable ;nothingbut coolness and the most determined courage,under a merciful God, brought us through. Onepoor fellow, after being wounded, shot one andbayonetedmuzzle."two. We were at times muzzle toColonel Napier, in his " Travels in SouthernAfrica," says, " It was probably judicious to10