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9 1ST ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS. 199was during these operationsthat an attack by 1852.a body of the rebels upon Elands Post was gallantlyrepulsed by a small detachment of the 91stunder Captain Wright (the survivor of theBirkenhead).The enemy appeared in considerable force, andmanoeuvred with all the skill of disciplined soldiers,extending, advancing, and retiring bysound ofbugle. After endeavouring almost successfullyto draw the little garrison into an ambuscade,they sounded the " close " and the " advance,"and moved on to the fort.Captain Wright, withonly twenty- three men of the 91st,then marchedout to meet them, and, being joined by a party ofthe Kat River levy, drove them off with loss.The strength of the enemy was computedat 130mounted and 200 on foot.On the 30th of Julythe battalion marchedfrom Blinkwater under Major Forbes, on an expedition,which lasted during the greater part ofAugust, across the Kei to capture cattle from thechief, Kreli. The expedition was very successful,having captured many thousand head of cattle.The battalion returned to Blinkwater on the 30thof August.On the 14th of September the battalion, under