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9 1ST ARGYLLSHIEE HIGHLANDERS. 161a strong patrol of 250 of the 91st Regiment, a 1846.party of Royal Sappers and Miners, with one gun,40 of the Cape Corps, 400 mounted burghers, and200 Fingoes, started from Block Drift under thecommand of Major Campbell, and having scouredall the kloofs and valleys to the foot of theAmatola Mountains, and meeting with no opposition,returned to the post.On the 15th, 200 menof the 91st Regiment, 200 of the 27th Regiment,a company of the Royal Sappers and Miners andtwo guns, with 43 Cape Corps, and 600 of theburghers and Hottentot and Fingoe levies, underthe command of Colonel Hare, again patrolled theAmatola Mountains ;but meeting with no opposition,the enemy only appearing on the top ofthe hills, the force returned to Block Drift earlyin December, and the 91st proceeded to FortBeaufort, where they remained until the renewalof hostilities in July, 1847. 1347.On the 27th of July, 1847, the reserve battalionof the 91st, 11 officers and 250 men, formed partof the first division under the command of ColonelHare, and havingleft 90 men to maintain BlockDrift, proceeded to the Tyumie flats. CaptainWard was appointed commandant of Beaufort inthe absence of the lieutenant-governor.11