History of the 1st Batallion Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...a patrole of 150 of the 91st, with a party of the 27th Regiment and 100 Fingces, ascended the Amatola Mountains, and, passing into the valley below, returned to camp without seeing an enemy. On the same day 81 men of the 91st Regiment, under the command of Capt, Hogg, 31 SKIRMISHES WITH THE ENEMY AND END OF THE WAR. 7th Dragoon Guards, started for Tambookieland to punish the chief Mampassa, who had now joined in the war against the British. The party was thus employed till the 19th October, when it arrived at Fort Beaufort, having been engaged in the several affairs and skirmishes with the enemy which took place during that ume, and in one of which the spirited conduct of Ensign Fitzgerald, of the 91st, was particularly noticed. The detachment marched on the 23rd October to Phoonah's-Kloof and thenoe to Fort Vic oria on the 9th December. On the 23rd August a body of Hottentots and Fingces that had been sent out on two days' patrole were on their return to Fort Cox suddenly attacked on the Amatolu mountains by a superior force of Kafirs, and on the eve of being overpowered by them when the opportune arrival of 100 men of the 91st, hastily despatched to their support, rescued them from their danger, and throwing themselves in the face of the fce directed euch a volley into them as to compel them to beat a precipitate retieat, and the party returned to camp without further molestation. On the 29th August the 91st regiment furnished 116 men as part of a patrol under Gapt. Durnford, 27th Regiment, which again scoured the bushy kloofs of the surrounding conn, try. On the 5th September the Reserve battalion 91st was directed to remain and occupy Fort Cox with 200 of the Cape Town Burghers, all under the command of Major (now LieutCol.) Campbell. The division havin...