At length this border warfare began to assume a more serious aspect, and in April, 1819, the Kafirs under the Chiefs T’Slambie and Lynx made a combined attack on Graham’s Town, but were repulsed; on this occasion the conduct of the Cape Regiment was conspicuous, and called forth the approbation of Lieutenant-Colonel Willshire, commanding the troops[3]. It was found necessary to pursue these lawless invaders into their own country, and the Cape Regiment, consisting of two troops of cavalry and four companies of infantry, formed part of the force under Colonel Willshire, which advanced into Kafirland in May, and they remained with that force until September, when the Kafirs were completely subdued and brought to terms. [Sidenote: 1820] [Sidenote: 1821] [Sidenote: 1822] In the year 1820, a number of settlers arrived from Great Britain, and were located about Graham’s Town, and in the fine grass country to the south-west of the Fish River. From this period much improvement was produced in the character of the Colony by the exertions and industrious habits of the new settlers. [Sidenote: 1823] The duties of the frontier continued, however, to require activity and vigilance, and in 1823 the Cape Regiment was augmented to four troops of cavalry and four companies of infantry, in order to check the depredations of the Kafirs. In October of this year Lieut.-Colonel Fraser died, and the command of the regiment devolved on Major Henry Somerset. The Regiment was actively employed in the border warfare, and on the 4th of December it was engaged with the tribe of the Chief Macomo, when it recaptured many thousand head of cattle, which had been stolen from the farmers along the frontier. [Sidenote: 1824] [Sidenote: 1825] [Sidenote: 1826] [Sidenote: 1827] In the years 1824, 1825, 1826, and 1827, the regiment was constantly employed in repelling the inroads of the Kafirs; numerous rencounters took place, and in that period the patroles of the regiment recovered six thousand and twenty-nine head of cattle belonging to the colony, which will give some idea of the nature of this border warfare, and of the arduous duties performed by the corps. Some respite from these services being afforded, the corps was reduced, in November, 1827, to three companies of mounted riflemen, under a major commanding, and the head-quarters were removed to Fort Beaufort. [Sidenote: 1828] THE CAPE MOUNTED RIFLEMEN, under the command of Captain Aitchison, accompanied Lieutenant-Colonel Somerset[4] into Kafirland, in July and August, 1828, to repel the attacks of a horde of savages, who had driven the border Kafirs into the colony. Lieut.-Colonel Somerset advanced as far as the Umtata River, and on the 28th of August the CAPE MOUNTED RIFLEMEN were engaged with a very superior force of the invading tribes, and after a severe action from day-break until mid-day, the savages retreated, leaving many women and children, and much cattle behind them. [Sidenote: 1829]