. Die Geschichte der Schlachten und Abenteuer der Briten, der Buren, Und die Zulus, etc. Im südlichen Afrika, aus der Zeit des Pharao Necho, bis 1888 . selbst in dieser Affäre, wie er auch danach bei der Erstürmung von FortArmstrong, einem verlassenen Militärposten in Besitz genommen von den Rebellen Hottentots der Kat River Siedlung, und von den Kafirs. Während dieser Zeit wurden auch die Militärdörfer in der ChumieHoek angegriffen, und fast alle Männer getötet,:und viele der Frauen und Kinder. Etwa zehn Tage nach der Affäre des Boomah Pass, Sir Harry Smith, mit einer starken Partei von Cape bestiegen

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. The history of the battles and adventures of the British, the Boers, and the Zulus, etc. in Southern Africa, from the time of Pharaoh Necho, to 1888 . himself in thisaffair, as he also did afterwards at the storming of FortArmstrong, an abandoned military post taken possessionof by the rebel Hottentots of the Kat River settlement, and by the Kafirs. During this time the military villages in the ChumieHoek were also attacked, and nearly all the men killed, :and many of the women and children. About ten days after the affair of the Boomah Pass, Sir Harry Smith, with a strong party of Cape MountedRifles, cut his way through from Fort Cox to Fort White, where, after a short halt, he proceeded on to KingWilliams Town, the established head-quarters of BritishKaffraria. On arrival at Fort White my friend and old<companion-in-arms, Johnny Armstrong, was desirous ofcarrying me on a litter to King Williams Town, and pro-posed to construct such a thing as could be carried by fourhorsemen ; but on mentioning it to Sir Harry Smith hevery wisely forbade it, and it is fortunate for me that he•did so. The whole force was hotly attacked at the Debe. SHORT COMMONS. 67 Neck, and had no diverge from the road and pass over thiswonderful Kometje Flat at a great pace, so that any littermight have been dropped, or I must have been jolted outof it, for no two horsemen could by any chance have beenon the same level at the same time. The troops had to contrive all sorts of means to exist.The regular ration consisted of a quarter of a pound of saltmeat, with four ounces of biscuit. Luckily there was afair supply of barley and oats, and what with barley waterand some vegetables, they managed to hold out until wewere relieved by a column of troops arriving with supplywagons from King Williams Town six or seven weeksafter the commencement of the war. This could only bedone after the arrival of troops and levies from CapeTown, which landed at East London, in Kaffraria. How-ever, we were all gre

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