Tugela

/ (tuːˈɡeɪlə) /

noun

a river in E South Africa, rising in the Drakensberg where it forms the Tugela Falls, 856 m (2810 ft) high (highest waterfall in Africa), before flowing east to the Indian Ocean: scene of battles during the Zulu War (1879) and the Boer War (1899–1902). Length: about 500 km (312 miles)

Example sentences from the Web for tugela

That night were distributed the British orders for forcing the passage of the Tugela.

Story of the War in South Africa |Captain A. T. Mahan, U.S.N.
The advance was only to Frere, some ten miles nearer the Tugela.

The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War |Cecil Francis Romer and Arthur Edward Mainwaring
A hasty retreat across the Tugela (the English boundary) saved him, at the loss, however, of cattle and wives.

Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa |Alfred W. Drayson
It was now evident that the second attempt to relieve Ladysmith had failed, and that the army would have to recross the Tugela.

The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War |Cecil Francis Romer and Arthur Edward Mainwaring

On the 12th, no further reply having been received, the British troops crossed the Tugela River.

Our Soldiers |W.H.G. Kingston

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Tugela

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