Sir Charles Warren crosses the Tugela with the 5th. From Wordnik.com. [With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service] Reference
Tugela in a Boer punt -- guns, oxen, and my horse. From Wordnik.com. [With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service] Reference
Boer position on the Tugela at about 8,800 yards off. From Wordnik.com. [With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service] Reference
Crossing of Tugela by Warren and Lyttelton concluded. From Wordnik.com. [With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service] Reference
I was already started on the shortest route to the Tugela. From Wordnik.com. [Impressions of a War Correspondent] Reference
At the Tugela, before the first big battle took place, General. From Wordnik.com. [Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front] Reference
The advance was only to Frere, some ten miles nearer the Tugela. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
When interviewed by Tugela area commissioner Humphrey Dubazane on. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Some of them actually crossed the Tugela, but, alas! to no purpose. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Dutchmen were driven to the north bank of the Tugela, and the Irish. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
He was also confined to the magisterial area of lower Tugela in Natal. From Wordnik.com. [Freedom for his people was the only reward Baba sought] Reference
On the tenth of December a heavy bombardment was heard from the Tugela. From Wordnik.com. [With Steyn and De Wet] Reference
The details of Buller's repulse at the Tugela did not make good reading. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
The Drakensberg Range is the source of both the Tugela and Orange Rivers. From Wordnik.com. [Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands] Reference
British Force repulsed on Tugela with 1,100 casualties and loss of 12 guns. From Wordnik.com. [With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service] Reference
December his first attempt to cross the Tugela at Colenso (see LADYSMITH) was repulsed. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
It was not easy to see where the army was going, although the Tugela could not be far off. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
It is the intention of the General Officer Commanding to force a passage of the Tugela to-morrow. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
So good-bye to the Tugela once more; all our positions gone and the Boers down again at the river. From Wordnik.com. [With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service] Reference
Its outposts were pushed well round the southern slopes of Swaartz Kop, thus overlooking the Tugela. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
Immediately below stretched the silver line of the Tugela, with all its many loops and twistings visible. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
Early dawn had come when the brigade recrossed the Tugela and toiled up the steep slope on the other side. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
You then went back to Ladysmith, and after falling back across the Tugela, you were attached to the army of Sir. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
He was believed to be concentrating three corps -- one on Ladysmith, one on the Tugela, and one to east of Maritzburg. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
On the evening of the 14th, it was known that the army was to advance next day, and attempt the passage of the Tugela. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
It was now evident that the second attempt to relieve Ladysmith had failed, and that the army would have to recross the Tugela. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
Our transport was still on the other side of the Tugela, and consequently we had to do without blankets, great-coats, and kettles. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
The two railway bridges over the Tugela and Onderbrook Spruit were already protected by a small force, consisting of the Durban Light. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
He constructed a fort for the protection of the garrison against an army of some 20,000 Zulus lying in wait between Eshowe and Tugela. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
It became very evident that the enemy meant to fight tooth and nail, and that the passage of the Tugela would be disputed inch by inch. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
It was commanded by the lofty hills on the left bank of the Tugela, and by Hlangwane Hill on the right bank to the east of the village. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
The Tugela, wide and deep, ran between the foes, except on the left of the Doer position, where the Dutchmen held both banks of the river. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Their district was bounded by the sea and the Drakenberg mountains, the Tugela and Umzimubu Rivers, and there for a time things went well. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
Before reaching the drift, the head of the column wheeled to the right and proceeded along the narrow plain between the Tugela and Swaartz. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
The village was found unoccupied, but a party of Boers, holding the horseshoe ridge on the left bank of the Tugela opened a vigorous fire. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
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