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Title: 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
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Moodie, D. C. F. Moodie, D. C. F. (Duncan Campbell Francis), 1838-1891
Subjects: South Africa : History.
Publisher: Cape Town : Murray
Contributing Library: UCLA Library, Preservation Department
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und for a night camp, because you are sureto be attacked and fired into before daylight. So it hap-pened on this occasion. We formed on the slope of a hillleaving the horizon of the slope a little beyond the line ofsentries, so that they could see the enemy approach overit without being seen. On the other side of the lowerend of the camp piquets were posted in such positions asentirely to command the camp. Only two or three menwere wounded during this night attack. The next daysmarch was through comparativaly open country, and thetroops reached Fort Peddie without any more fighting,and so relieved that outpost, which had been surroundedby the enemy, and had had its supplies cut off for some time. (It must be borne in mind that the foregoing descriptionof fighting alludes solely to the Amaxosa Kafirs of BritishKaffraria, for, as is elsewhere pointed out, the Zulu modeof fighting is entirely different, as the latter generallyfight in the open, and carry any desired position with arush.)
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CHAPTER Y. THE BATTLE OF THE GUAXGA. .At the beginning of all wars at the Cape of Good Hopethe Kafirs generally have it all their own way. from thefact that neither the Government nor the colonists are pre-pared for the outbreak ; hence the enemy overrun, devas-tate, burn the homesteads, and carry off the flocks andherds throughout the frontier districts before sufficientforce can be organised to stem the savage torrent. Suchwas the case (says G-eneral Bisset) just previous to thebattle I am about to describe. Several of the outposts had also been besieged by the■enemy, aud convoys of provisions sent to replenish themhad been attacked, the escorts driven back, and in one casea large convoy of wagons had been captured by the Kafirs.In consequence of this state of things a strong column oftroops, under the command of the gallant General Somerset,forced the passage of the Fish River Bush and relievedthe outpost (Fort Peddie), which had up to that time been•surrounded by the enemy, an

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