Note 73 — CAMPAIGNS IN SOUTH AFRICA. 1834–5.
Reading edition
At this period the 27th. Foot joined. On the arrival of the regiment at Graham’s Town, on the 8th. of September, a provisional battalion, consisting of four hundred Hottentots, divided into four companies, and officered by colonists, was attached to the corps. The 72nd. and 75th. regiments had similar battalions attached to them.