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regiments. And, with regard to the artillery, they were fo 
miferably defedlive that, out of the whole corps, they could 
not fele<Sl: a fufficient number of trained men to fire the falutes 
intended to be made on holding the Dutch flag on the firft of 
January ; but made application to the commanding officer of the 
Britlfh artillery, for a party to afTifl them : yet, when the orders 
for the furrender of the colony were countermanded, and It be- 
came a probable event that hoftilities would enfue, it was induf- 
trioufly circulated by the Dutch officers, or rather by the French 
officers nominally in the Dutch fervlce, that their corps of ar- 
tillery was in the higheft ftate of dircipline and order, the greateft 
part of the men having diflinguifhed themfelves at the battle 
of Marengo ! They were commanded, however, as well as the 
cavalry, by adive and intelligent officers. 
The fervices of the Burgher Cavalry are not likely ever to be 
again demanded. Were they, indeed, ever fo well difpofed to 
fight, the number that it would be found pradicable to ralfe 
is far from being great. Thofe who dwell in the interior parts 
of the fettlement would find it extremely inconvenient to quit 
their homes, on account of their flaves and Hottentots, who 
might be Induced to take advantage of their abfence j and the 
Cape diftrld, containing only about fix thoufand fouls, could 
not be fuppofed to furnifh more than a thoufand men fit to 
bear arms, and, probably, not one hundred that would dare to 
ufe them. 
The Hottentot corps, confifting of about five hundred men, 
fo far from feeling any difpofition to enter into the fervlce of the 
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