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184 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE1851. master- General A. J. Cloete,in which the commander-in-chiefrecorded his high opinionof theconspicuous gallantry and enterprise displayed onthe part of the officers and soldiers. The fatigueof the operations, which continued from daytoday with little intermission, was endured withthat spirit that animates the soldier and leads himon to victory. Every Kaffir in Kaffirland andupon its borders believing the positions held bythem to be impregnable, the enemy fought eachday with the most determined bravery, yieldingthe ground he fought on to physical force alone.Such an enemy, the order continued, could not befought day after day without loss on our side,while that of the enemy, from the superiority andrapidity of the firing of the troops,was knownto be very great. The country recently held byMacomo's force, and comprising a mountain rangeof twenty square miles a mountainous countryintersected by almost impassableravinesforestsandafforded shelter for an innumerable force,protected by immense ridges and rocks, every oneof which afforded a strong position. In thisorder his Excellency specially noticed the gallantconduct of Colonel Yarborough amongst otherofficers of the force.