CAMP UNDER THE AMATOLAS.
CAMPAIGNING
IN KAFFIRLAND
OR
Scenes and Adventures
IN
THE KAFFIR WAR OF 1851-2.
BY
CAPT. W. R. KING,
74TH HIGHLANDERS.
With Illustrations.
LONDON
SAUNDERS AND OTLEY, CONDUIT STREET.
1853.
PREFACE.
The following pages make no pretension to a detailedhistory of the military operations of the Kaffir War.Written during leisure hours, in a lonely fort, or by thecamp fire after the fatigues of the day, and mainlyembracing the movements of one Division only—oftenof a Single Brigade or Corps—they attempt merely toconvey a general idea of the country, and of the scenesand passing events of the Campaign. Should anycomrade who shared its dangers and hardships perusethis account, it is hoped he will also share the feelingwhich first prompted the Author to record them inthe Field and now to present the narrative to thepublic—
Largs, November, 1853.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.PAGEOrdered to the Cape—Voyage Out—Bay of Biscay—Simon's Bay
CHAPTER II.State of the Country on Arrival—Causes of War—Commencement ofHostilities by Kaffirs—Defection of Hottentots—Outrages onSettlers
CHAPTER III.Landing—March up the Country—Coega River—Addo Bush—QuaggaFlats—Assegai Bush—Grahams Town—Insurrection atTheopolis—Night March—Destruction of Rebel Camp—Route forKaffirland—Ecca Pass—Fort Brown—Waggon Driving—Fort Hare—Preparationfor the Field
CHAPTER IV.Advance into Kaffirland—Camp at the Amatolas—Attack on theAmatolas—Fort Beaufort—Yellow-Woods—Return to Fort Hare—CluClu—Camp on the Koonap River—Waggon Escort—SandStorm
CHAPTER V.Reit Fontein—March to Somerset—Klip Fontein—Night March toAttack the Kromme—Bivouac on Kromme Heights—Standing[viii]Camp—Escorting Commissariat Supplies—Action on the KrommeHeights—Torture of Prisoners by Kaffirs—Witch Doctors—Returnto Fort Beaufort—Sickness among the Troops—The Route—Bandand Mess—Fingo Levies
CHAPTER VI.Attack on the Waterkloof—Night Ascent of the Kromme—Engagementon the Waterkloof Heights—Bivouac
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