Campaigning in Kaffirland; Or, Scenes and Adventures in the Kaffir War of 1851-52

Nov. 9th.--The surmises of some impending movement, which for several days had formed the chief topic of conversation, were confirmed by the arrival of an order from head-quarte...

From the daily reports brought in from all sides, it appeared that the enemy was concentrating a large force, and that greater or less bodies frequently made their way through s...

Sir H. Smith, on the return of the Kei expedition, having laid his plans for clearing the Waterkloof of the enemy, who had collected there during his absence, issued a public pr...

The General, with his Staff, appeared on the ground, where the whole division, amounting to 2000 men, artillery, cavalry, infantry and irregulars, stood drawn up in column; the...

Having been thus served with notice to quit, we stayed but two days longer, and then struck tents and marched across the dreary charred plain for nine miles; our clothes, hands,...

On the fourth day after leaving Simon's Town, we dropped anchor in Algoa Bay, opposite the town of Port Elizabeth, which, though rather a dull-looking place at first sight, with...

On the night of the 20th, the Kaffirs who, since their unsuccessful raid, had been constantly hovering about in small parties on the hill sides, watching our cattle and our move...

On the afternoon of Sunday the 12th of September, as we were leaving church, the 73rd regiment, from King Williams' Town, under Colonel Eyre, marched through the town on their w...

The change of Governors did not long suspend the active operations of warfare; General Cathcart sparing no pains in thoroughly informing himself of whatever was necessary to be...

On the morning of the 4th of November the camp was left standing, guarded by the invalids and least efficient men of each regiment, and we marched, under command of Lieut.-Col....

C----, who had been unwell from the time of our tremendous soaking the day we waded the Caledon river, when we had to remain two hours standing in wet clothes, waiting for the w...

Jan. 1st. 1852.--A small party of the Boers, who had gone out in the morning to reconnoitre the Zuurberg heights, on which the smoke of a Kaffir fire had been visible all the pr...

Nov. 18th.--Between ten and eleven in the forenoon, parade and drill having been got over as usual in the early morning, the camp, in shirt sleeves, was hushed in its first sies...

On arriving in Simon's Bay our first anxiety, of course, was to learn the latest tidings from the seat of war, which fully confirmed the unfavourable intelligence that had led t...

The service companies of the 74th Highlanders were under orders to sail from Cork for Gibraltar early in March, 1851. Our heavy baggage had already been sent by a sailing vessel...

Expedition across the Great Orange River against the Basuto Chief, Moshesh--Object of Expedition--Preparations for the March--Fort Armstrong--Elands Post--Tambookie Herdsmen--Ka...

Destruction of Kaffir Crops--News from Head-Quarters--Reinforcements from England--Wreck of the "Birkenhead"--Arrival of Tylden's Detachment at Post--Preparations for Attack on...

Fourth Attack on Waterkloof--Eve of the Attack--Advance of Colonel Fordyce's Brigade--Burning Village--Difficulties of Ground--Advantages of the Kaffirs--Fall of Lieut.-Col. For...

Final Attack on Waterkloof--Ascent of Pass--Operations--Kaffir Prisoners--Fingo Notions of Warfare--Bush Manoeuvres--Return to respective Camps--Pig Stalking--Baboons--Reconnais...

Reit Fontein--March to Somerset--Klip Fontein--Night March to Attack the Kromme--Bivouac on Kromme Heights--Standing Camp--Escorting Commissariat Supplies--Action on the Kromme...

Night Attack on Camp--Disposition of Troops on Frontier--Ride into Beaufort--Ambuscade--Post Retief--Movements of General Somerset--Sunday--Life at the Post--Visit to Dutch Laag...

Sixth Attack on Waterkloof--Movement of Troops--Peep into Kaffir Village--Rainy Season--Fort Fordyce--Gallop after stolen Cattle--Quarters at Beaufort--Movement against Kreli--F...