A few months of respite from war followed
the Treaty of Amiens, and, in 1803, the contest
was renewed with a violence which, in a few years,'
shook the basis of every state in Europe. During
the first three years of the war, the attention of
the British Government was directed to measures
rendered necessary by the threatened invasion of
England by Buonaparte ; but in the latter months
of 1805, an armament, consisting of about five
thousand men, under the orders of Major-General
Sir David Baird*, proceeded to recapture the set-
tlement of the Cape of Good Hope, with its
dependencies, then in possession of the Batavian
Government, and commanded by Lieut.-General
Janssens.
* Corps employed against the Cape of Good Hope, in 1806 : —



20th Lt Drag., (det.)
Royal ArtilL, (det.)
Royal Engin., (det.)
24th Foot,



83rd Foot,
93rd Foot,
StaflF Corps, (det.)



38th Foot,

59th Foot,

71st Foot,

72nd Foot,

The loss sustained in the landing at Lospard's Bay, and in the
action of the 8th January, was— 1 Captain, (Foster,) 24th Regt.,
and 14 men killed ; 36 men of the 93rd Regt., drowned by the
upsetting of a boat in attempting to land ; 9 officers and 183 men
wounded ; and 8 men missing.
