Note 208 — Chapter XLIX
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“Horse Guards, 7th March, 1851.
“It appears to me that this insurrection of the Caffres is general and quite unjustifiable, sudden, and treacherous.
“In my opinion Sir Henry Smith ought to have the means in Regular Troops and Light Equipments of ordnance to form two bodies of troops, each capable of acting independently in the field, each of which should give countenance and support to the detachments of Boers, Hottentots, and loyal Caffres, by which the rebel and insurgent Caffres should be attacked and driven out of the country.
“The occupation of the numerous posts in the country marked Adelaide in the map was very proper and necessary when the frontier was the Buffalo River, but it would be much better to carry it to the Key and there fix it permanently, and to form a place d’armes or fortified Barrack for Troops somewhere about King William’s Town, between that and Fort Wellington, or possibly a little to the westward near the sources of the river.
“In such place d’armes there might be the means of giving cover to more than the small body which might be required for the permanent garrison.”