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APPENDIX IV. 
Some particulars connected with the recent irruption of the Gatfcra 
along the Eastern Frontier of the Colony, 
As but a few unconnected statements have appeared from 
time to time in the journals of this country relative to 
the recent rupture with the Caffers, and deeming that a 
detailed account could not be otherwise than interesting at 
this moment, the Author has selected the following par- 
ticulars principally from the ‘ Graham’s Town Journal,’ 
published at the immediate seat of war, the most authentic 
source of information, tending to show the nature of this 
species of Guerilla warfare, and the miseries inseparable 
from an overwhelming invasion by a wild and savage 
people. 
The first intimation that appears to have been received 
of the hostile intentions of the Caffers towards the Colony 
reached Graham’s Town about the 18th of December, 1834. 
The journal of that date contains the following particulars : 
Information has reached Graham’s Town to the effect 
that the Caffers have again made an audacious attack upona 
party of military sent into their territory in pursuit of stolen 
cattle. We learn that the attack completely succeeded; and 
that it required a very large proportion of the force stationed 
at Forts Wiltshire and Beaufort to secure a safe retreat to the 
beaten patrole within the Colonial limits. We scarcely know 
