Janus: Redwood Natal [i.e. Province of KwaZulu-Natal] and Zululand Album. 1879-80

RCS/Y3058A contains:
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22	Coast Foliage, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]
23	Kafir figure
24	Pinetown, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]
25	Zulu warriors
26	Fort Pearson from Zululand
27	Fort Pearson, Lower Tugela, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]
28	Inyoni Drift, Zululand
29	Commissariat Stores, Lower Tugela, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]
30	Drift, Lower Tugela (from Natal) [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]
31	Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal] Native Contingent
32	Camp of Naval Brigade of H.M.S. 'Active'
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Redwood Natal [i.e. Province of KwaZulu-Natal] and Zululand Album. 1879-80

Title	Fort Pearson, Lower Tugela, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]
Reference	Y3058A/27
Creator	Mee, J R, fl 1879-91, photographer
Covering Dates	1879–1880
Extent and Medium	Good condition.

Content and context

200 x 136 mm. A view from the KwaZulu-Natal side looking over the Tugela River into Zululand with the small wooden Fort Pearson situated on the headland overlooking the crossing into Zululand. In the foreground are tents of the Naval Brigade. The forces at Fort Pearson forming the right, or eastern prong of the advance into Zululand were under the command of Colonel Charles Pearson and consisted of a battalion of the 99th regiment, the second Battilion third regiment, a troop of mounted Imperial Infantry, a mixed mounted force of rifles, a company of Natal Native Pioneers and two battilions of the seconds Natal Native Contingent. Pearson also had at his disposal 200 men of the Naval Brigade armed with two seven-pounders and a gatling gun. This photograph was probably taken by J. R. Mee.

Further information

See also Y3058A/29-30 for further photographs of the Naval Brigade posed on the bank of the Tugela.

Indexed

Index Terms

Africa

Kwazulu-Natal, Province of

South Africa

Tugela

Zululand

Mee, J R (fl 1879-1891) photographer

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