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9 1ST ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS. 281of the force was, one officer and four men killed, 1879.while five officers and thirty -nine men werewounded.The strength of the regiment presentat this action was twenty-twoofficers and 801non-commissioned officers and men. The colourswere in chargeC. F. Richardson.of Second-Lieutenants Fraser andThe enemy'sloss on this occasion has beenvariously estimated,but it must have been considerable,as nearly500 bodies were countedwithin a radius of 400 yards of the laager, andthe route taken by the flyingenemy was strewnwith corpses cut down by the mounted infantryand native contingent.The remainder of the day was employed inburying the dead and altering the laagerto suitthe reduced garrison which was to be left whilea flying column made for Ekowe. The eveningpassed off quietly without any signs of an enemy.The morning after the action, a flying column,composed of six companies of the 57th,60th, and91st, with about 100 of the Naval Brigade, JohnDunn's scouts, and some mounted men, startedearly, with the object of reaching Ekowe in oneday's march, the 91st forming the rear-guard.Colonel Pearson, who was in command at