chap. xiii. 
MURDER OE FIVE OFFICERS. 
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These five officers fell not far from the spot where 
three other gallant officers were killed in the same war, 
about a year previously, viz., Lieutenant Chetwynd, 
Captain Gribson, Rifle Brigade; and Assistant Surgeon 
Howell. These officers were cut off from their men on 
a similar table-topped mountain. They were buried 
on the heights, on the east bank of the Kie River, 
inside a Kafir hut. The hut was then set on fire and 
burnt, to hide the grave from the Kafirs, who were 
thus prevented from either disinterring or mutilating 
the bodies. 
It is remarkable that an officer also on this occasion 
escaped by chance. Captain Cartwright, Rifle Brigade, 
had been detailed for this duty. On the patrol parading 
to start he felt ill, and Lieutenant Chetwynd, who 
also was a cousin of Cartwright’s, took his place and 
fell. 
Poor Cartwright was afterwards killed at the battle 
of Inkermann. 
