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9 1ST AEGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS. 165thedirection of Block Drift, and sweeping alongthe face of the mountain, succeeded in capturingninety-two head of cattle. On the 1st of December100 of the 91st Regiment, 100 Cape Townburghers, and six of the Cape Corps, again salliedout of the fort, and co-operating with the firstdivision, as on the previous occasion, captured106 head of cattle and nine horses, havingexperienced very trifling opposition.The head-quarters and two companies enteredKaffirland with Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell'scolumn, and were present in the operations undertakenin the Amatola and Tabudoda Mountainsduring the months of Septemberand October.The officers attached to this party were CaptainsScott and Campbell, Lieutenants Dicksonand Metcalfe, Ensign and Adjutant Gordon, andSurgeon Power.As a result of these operations, the Kaffir chiefSandilla surrendered at Fort Hare, bringing inabout forty head of cattle and several muskets andcarbines, takenfrom the waggonsat Burn's Hillon the 17th of April. The 91st had only threemen wounded.Lieutenant- Colonel Campbelland the abovecolumn received the warmest approbation of Lieu-