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SPOET AND WAR. 
CHAP. XIV. 
CHAPTER XIV. 
THE AFFAIR OF THE GOOLAH HEIGHTS. 
In May 1847, while Deputy Assistant Quartermaster- 
General at the head-quarters camp at the Goolah 
Heights, in British Kaffraria, I had occasion to go 
up 6 the Buffalo Line,’ to examine the Quartermaster 
General’s stores at the other camps. Sir George 
Berkeley, in chief command on the frontier, was at 
this time at Fort Peddie. Sir H. Somerset was in 
command of the camp on the Goolah Heights, and 
Sir George Bullen in command of another camp at 
King William’s Town ; with two intermediate posts of 
communication between, viz., one at Heeds Camp, 
and the other at Mount Coke. 
General Somerset had gone to head-quarters to 
consult with the Commander of the Forces ; and Colonel 
Armstrong was in temporary command of General 
Somerset’s force. 
The evening before I was starting for King 
William’s Town we received intelligence that Needs 
Camp required provisions; and as I was taking a small 
