Letter from Lt Henry Clifford of the Rifle Brigade to his father dated Bears’ Farm, 16 June 1852. Two battles with Kaffirs on 16 and 29 May. ‘The moment our backs were turned the enemy came out of the bush in such numbers I could not have believed it possible they could have packed themselves so close together in it.’

Associated with the 8th Cape Frontier War (1850-1853).
From a collection of letters to England from Captain Henry Clifford of the Rifle Brigade while serving in Cape Colony, 1848-1853.