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9 1ST ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS. 19the Cape, " was exhausted, and required breath- 1302.ing time in order to prepare for still greaterstruggles than those she had just gone through.One of the conditions of peace insisted upon byFrance, and agreed to by England, was that theCape Colony should be handed over tothe BatavianEepublic.In accordance with this agreementa force was despatched from Holland to relievethe British garrison and occupy the forts of thecolony. The 1st of January, 1803, was fixedfor the evacuation ;and the English troops hadactually commenced to embark when, on the 21stof December, a vessel arrived, which had leftPlymouth on the 31st of October, with orders todelay the cession, as it was probable that warwould break out again immediately. The Dutchtroops were, therefore, cantoned- at Wynberg,where they remained until February, 1803, whenfresh orders from England were received, and thecolony was given up." Meanwhile, however,the 91st had returned from their campat Rondeboschto Cape Town, and. in November, 1802,the first division of the regimentTable Bay for England, arrivingembarked atat Portsmouthin February, 1803, and marching from thence toHilsea Barracks. On the 28th of that monthisos.