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286 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE1879. On the 18th a convoy arrived from Tugela,bringing up men's kits and officers' light baggage.The kit of the latter, since they had left theTugela, had been limited to ten pounds weight.Tents, however, were not provided, and owingto the heavy rains and generalunhealthiness ofthe plains on the coast, sickness became prevalent.On the 23rd Second-Lieutenants Dickson, Wyllie,and Lane-Fox joined the regiment on appointment,bringing with them two sergeants, onecorporal, and four privates from the hospital onthe Lower Tugela.After being seventeen days in the Ginginhlovoitcamp, was decided to evacuate it and advanceto a new position about four miles off on theInyezane River, where a fort was commenced(afterwards called Fort Chelmsford). The constructionof another fort was also commenced inthe beginning of May, on the Amatikulu River,on the lineof communication about half-way toThis was named Fort Crealock.Tugela.The troops at this time were employed onconvoy duty, each convoy being escorted by oneBritish regiment, a battalion of natives, two gunsR.A., and a few mounted scouts. The threeregiments, under command of Brigadier-General