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Plaque 1, The Old Fort, Durban
Image by Kleinz1
This plaque is at the left hand side of the entrance to the Old Fort in Durban. It reads:
THE OLD FORT Within this area was situated the camp in which a small British force under Captain T. Charlon Smith of the 27th regiment (Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers) was beleagured by the emigrant Boers under Commandant Andries Pretorius. In 1842 to secure relief for the garrison, Dick King rode 600 mls to Grahamstown. From 1842 to 1897 it was occupied by various regiments and detachments of the British army.
