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attempt to express it; his advice, 
his active assistance, and cordial 
co-operation on every occasion, 
have never been wanting, and en- 
title him to my warmest gratitude. 
I have the honour to be, 
with the greatest respect, sir, 
your most obedient, 
humble servant, 
J. H. Crate, major-general. 
I have the honour to enclose a 
return of the killed and wounded 
during the period of my command. 
Right hon. Henry Dundas, cne of 
bis majesty’s principal secretaries 
of state, Ge. 
[Then follows arcturn of the 
killed, wounded, and missing, of 
the troops and seamen under the 
éommand of major-general Craig, 
‘between the 7th of August and the 
3d of September, 1795; amount. 
ing in the whole to 3 rank and file 
killed; 1 major, z captains, 1 sub- 
altern, 1 drummer, 32 rank and 
file wounded; 5 rank and file mis. 
sing. | 
Names of the offierrs wounded, 
Major Moneypenny, of the 78th 
regiment; captain Hercules Scott, 
of ditto; captain Dentaffe, of 
St. Helena corps; Mr. Hardy, 
midshipman, R. N. 
J. H. Crate, major-gen. 
Cape Town, Sept. 23,1795. 
Sir, 
My letters from St, Salvador, by 
the Chatham brig, will have ac- 
quainted yqu of our spe day that. 
place: and I have now the honour 
to inform you, that all the India 
¢ompany’s ships having troops on 
board, arrived off the Cape of Good 
Hope on the 3d, and entered Si- 
mon’s Bay on the 4th instant, where 
J found the admiral in possession of 
ANNUAE REGISTER, 1795. 
the harbour, and major-general 
Craig at Muyzenburg, a post of im2 
portance about six miles on the 
read to this place, with a corps 
composed of seamen and marines 
from the fleet, six companies of the 
78th regiment that came init, and 
a detachment of the East-India 
company’s troops from St. Helena, 
amounting in all to about 1900 
men, ard the enemy, who had pe- 
remptorily rejected all negotiation, 
in a state of active hostility against 
us. Under these circumstances it 
became necessary to endeavour to 
effect the execution of our orders 
without loss of time; I therefore, 
in conjunction with, and aided by. 
the admiral, disembarked the regi- 
ments, artillery, and necessary 
stores, and forwarded them to the 
advanced post as fast as possible, 
where, through his ardent zeal for 
the public service, and indefati- 
gable exertions, as much provision 
was collected as we hoped might 
enable us to set down before. the 
town, and go on till we could com- 
municate with our ships in Table 
Bay, or draw some assistance from 
the.country behind us: and having 
made the best arrangement we 
could for transporting our provi- 
sions, guns, .stores, ammunition, 
and necessary articles of every kind, 
by the only means in our power, 
men’s labour, we marched on the 
14th from Muyzenburg, leaving 
a sufficient detachment for the pro. 
teétion of our camp and stores at 
that place. The enemy could see 
all our motions, and the country 
through which we were to pass for 
several miles being very favourable 
to the sort of warfare that it was. 
their business to pursue (many of 
them being on horseback, and 
armed with guns that kill at a great 
é distance}, 
