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mand of Lieut. Brummell, 75th Kegiment. The wagons 
and escort had proceeded as far as Cadet’s Hill, near 
the 4 Cheshire Cheese,’ when we saw to our right, on the 
outskirts of the Cowie Forest, what we thought to he 
a strong commando of farmers; they, however, turned 
out to be Kafirs, dressed in European clothes plundered 
from the homesteads they had burnt. This force im¬ 
mediately came on to attack us; and as the wagons 
were scattered and in a long line, there was no de¬ 
fending them; the escort could only, therefore, cover 
the retreat of the wagon-drivers and leaders, and the 
wagons and oxen were captured by the enemy. One 
Englishman, named Jenkins, who would not abandon 
his wagon, was killed by the Kafirs. 
The next day a strong patrol was sent down without 
wagons to reinforce Kafir Drift post, and while en route 
near 4 Waai Plaats’ (Windy Flat) we saw numbers of 
Kafirs driving herds of cattle from the colony towards 
Kafirland. They were at the time crossing the Kap 
Kiver, and ascending the steep hills on the other side, 
after passing which they would still have an open 
country to go over, between the Kap Kiver Bush and 
the Coombs Bush, adjoining the Fish Kiver. The 
patrol made chase after these Kafirs and cattle; it was 
a regular 4 hurry-skurry; ’ and the long run, added to 
the steep hill on the other side, took so much out of 
the horses that mine 4 knocked up ’ on the flat midway 
