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9 1ST ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS. 185On the 30th of December, Lieutenant Mackenzieissi.and one sergeant and seventy rank and file joineda patrolunder Major Wilmot, R.A., which proceededfrom Fort Peddie to the Goga,where itarrived at daylight on the following morning.The patrol lay concealed in the bush until themorning of the 1st January, and then proceededto the Kamnegana, scouring the bush anddestroying a number of huts. On entering apath lined on both sides with huts, the patrolcommenced to destroy them, and was vigorouslyopposed by the Kaffirs, who commenced a heavyfire on its advance. Here Major Wilmot was1852.killed by a musket-ball fired from one of the huts.Lieutenant Mackenzie immediately assumed commandof the patrol,which was between threecamps occupied by the enemy,when he found itnecessary to retreat to Fort Peddie, carryingMajor Wilmot's body with him. On the 26th ofJanuary, 1852, a detachment of 416 of all ranks ofthe 91st, under Lieutenant-Colonel Yarboroughwho had the following officers of the regimentwith him :Captain Middlemore, LieutenantsMainwaring, Borthwick, Pickwick, Ensigns Bondand Hibbert, Lieutenant and Adjutant W. Gordon,Assistant-Surgeon Barclay, and Quarter-Master