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Frontier Light Horse : ウィキペディア英語版 | Frontier Light Horse
The Frontier Light Horse, a mounted unit of 200 volunteers, was raised at King William's Town, Eastern Cape Colony in 1877 by Lieutenant Frederick Carrington or the then Captain Buller. It is often referred to as the Cape Frontier Light Horse and served under Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Henry Burmester Pulleine, 1st Battalion. ==Military service==
The unit served in the 9th Frontier War under Major Redvers Buller. In July 1878 the unit of 276 officers and men marched from King William's Town to Pietermaritzburg and then to Sekhukhuneland for service there. They fought under Captain Robert Johnston Barton in Wood's Column during the Anglo-Zulu War. They acted as rearguard at Hlobane on 28 March 1879 where 20% of the 156 members were lost. Captain Barton, the commanding officer was killed. At the end of that year the unit was disbanded.
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