Historical records of the 91st Argyllshire ... - waughfamily.ca

9 1ST ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS. 271nearly 4000 men ;its base was Durban and its 1379.advanced depot was at Stanger.No 2 column, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Durnford, R.E., was stationed at MiddleDrift, with Pietermaritzburg as its base and GreyTown for its advanced depot;it was composedof about 3500 men.No. 3 column, commanded by Colonel Glynn,C.B., was at Rorke's Drift, with Pietermaritzburgas its base and Ladysmith as its advanced depot ;it numbered about 4500 men.No. 4 column, under command of ColonelWood, V.C., C.B., was stationed at ConferenceHill, on the Blood Eiver, with Utrecht as its base,and numbered about 3000 men.No. 5 column was commanded by ColonelRowlands, V.C., C.B., and was ordered to watchSecocoeni, and for that purposewas left atLuneberg. This column numbered about 1500men.Lord Chelmsford, therefore, had a force ofabout 16,000 men under his command. Morethan half, however, were natives.Immediately after entering the Zulu country,skirmishes with the enemy occurred ;but it wason the 22nd of January that the small camp at