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Admiral Sir George Keith Elphinstone and Generals Alured Clarke and James Henry Craig, conjointly, commanders of the British forces, 16th September to 15th November 1795.
Major-General James Henry Craig, commandant of the town and settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, 15th November 1795 to 5th May 1797.
Conciliatory measures adopted by the English commanders.—Submission of the burghers of the districts of Stellenbosch and Swellendam.—Appointment of Major-General Craig as "commandant of the town and settlement of the Cape of Good Hope."—Military and naval force left for the protection of the Cape.—Refusal of the burghers of the district of Graaff-Reinet to submit to the new government.—Employment of Hottentots as soldiers.—Capture of a Dutch fleet of war in Saldanha Bay.—Entrance of most of the prisoners into the British service.—Submission of the burghers of Graaff-Reinet.—Aspirations of the national party.—Efforts of Jan Pieter Woyer to obtain assistance for the republican party.—The luckless voyage of the Haasje.—Events at Delagoa Bay in 1796–7.—Character of General Craig's administration.—Construction of new fortifications.—Exportation of wheat and subsequent scarcity of food.—Creation of more paper money.—Military and naval force at the Cape in 1797.—Restriction of the whaling industry to British and colonial vessels.—Expedition for the purpose of obtaining possession of harbours on the western coast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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