Tugela

/ tuːˈɡeɪlə /

noun

1. 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

The position indicated was on the Upper Tugela, on a line with Colenso.

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Then you must lead her as fast as you can travel to that camp of the Boers which is near the Tugela River, where she will be safe.

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But evidently the lock had not, as was proven by the subsequent disastrous retreat across the Tugela.

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If you are not across the Tugela by sunset this night, word will be passed to the King, and she dies at once.

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Two hours' steady riding brought them to the ford of the Tugela river, across which lay Zululand.

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