Fort Tenedos

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Fort Tenedos was large earth-walled fort was constructed on the Zulu side of the Tugela River in January 1879, opposite , to support the British at the start of the Anglo-Zulu War. It was named Fort Tenedos after the British warship , anchored off the mouth of the Tugela. Her crew formed part of the Naval Brigade.^[1] The fort was built under the supervision of Capt Warren Richard Colvin Wynne, R.E.^[2]

The fort's armament consisted of two guns from the Royal Artillery, two 7-pounder guns with the Naval Brigade, and a Gatling gun. Local British units consisted of the 91st Highlanders, , the , , , and the Victorian Mounted Rifles. There were also some 2,200 Natal Natives formed into two battalions of the 2nd Regt., Natal Native Contingent, and a company of Durnford's Natal Native Pioneer Corps. These men were recruited from local African tribes hostile to the Zulus.

External links[]

• South African Military History Society

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