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9 1ST ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS. 7ismerely a narrow passage between a steep 1795.mountain and the sea ;after this the road crossesa sandy plain,which forms part of the isthmuswhich divides Tahle Bay from False Bay.On the 14th the English troops struck theircamp, and began their advance on Wynberg;littleresistance being met with from the enemy,as the burghers deserted in such numbers thatsoon any further chance of a fight was gone.The battalion companies of the 98th, under ColonelCampbell, formed the centre of the British line,while the grenadier company formed part of thegrenadier battalion under Lieutenant - ColonelFerguson, and the light company, part of thelight battalion, under Major King, both of the84th Regiment. The casualties of the 98th onthis occasion were four men wounded.The Dutch now retreatedtowards Cape Town,and hostilities were suspended for twenty-fourhours to arrangeterms of surrender. On the16th of September the 98th entered Cape Castle,and relieved the Dutch garrison by capitulation,the latter, however, marching out with all thehonours of war. Sir James Craig was installedgovernor; and in this manner was ended therule of the Netherlands East India Company