From the 1st of January to the 3rd of February, 1847, and from the 10th of September to the end of the year, the service companies were engaged in active field operations against the Kaffirs. On this service the SEVENTY-THIRD had the following officers killed, namely, Captain William Baker, Lieutenants Clarevaulx Faunt, and the Honorable William John Granville Chetwynd, Ensign William Burnop, and Surgeon Neil Stewart Campbell. [Sidenote: 1848] In January, 1848, the service companies proceeded to Fort Grey, where the head-quarters were stationed until July following, and in October they were removed from Fort D’Urban to Cape Town. [Sidenote: 1849] Major-General Richard Goddard Hare Clarges, C.B., was appointed colonel of the SEVENTY-THIRD regiment on the 18th of May, 1849, in succession to Major-General Sir John Grey, K.C.B., who was removed to the fifth Fusiliers. During the year 1849 the service companies were stationed at Cape Town. The depôt companies also remained in Ireland. [Sidenote: 1850] In December, 1850, the head-quarters and four companies, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel William Eyre, were removed from Cape Town to the Buffalo mouth for the frontier, in consequence of an outbreak of the Kaffirs. [Sidenote: 1851] At the date of the conclusion of the present record, namely, 1st of May 1851, the service companies were in camp at King William’s Town, under Lieut.-Colonel Eyre. The depôt companies, under Major George Hankey Smith, continued to be stationed in Ireland. 1851. FOOTNOTES: [6] Upon the representation of Major-General Gerard Lake, who was appointed Colonel of the _Seventy-third_ Regiment, in November 1796, the Royal Authority was granted for the word “MANGALORE” being borne on the Regimental Colour and Appointments, in consideration of the gallant conduct displayed in the defence of that place. [7] “A View of the Origin and Conduct of the War with Tippoo Sultan, by Lieut.-Colonel Alexander Beatson, late Aide-de-camp to the Marquis Wellesley, Governor-General of India.” [8] Seringapatam derived its name from the god _Serung_, to whom one of the pagodas was dedicated. [9] The history of the second battalion is resumed at page 43. [10] MEMORANDUM. _Horse Guards, 7th April, 1809._