Team.—Two or more horses or animals harnessed together.
Trek.—A journey.
Troop.—Two troops form a cavalry squadron. Each troop is commanded by a captain and two lieutenants.
Tugela River.—River dividing Zululand from Natal.
Tuli.—Town, 340 miles from Pretoria. The junction of several roads radiating towards Victoria, Bulawayo, Mangwe, Mafeking, and Pretoria. The direct road from Tuli to Bulawayo, cut in 1874 for the Zeederberg Service of coaches (now discontinued), reduced the distance from Pretoria to Bulawayo to 500 miles.
Uitlander.—A resident in the Transvaal not entitled to the Franchise. The term is generally applied to Europeans resident in or around Johannesburg, of which before the war there were some 50,000, mostly British. See vol. i. p. 146.
Uitspan.—To unharness and halt. The reverse of inspan.
Uniform.—Dress of officer or soldier. So-called because men of same rank and duties are clothed in a uniform manner.
Union Jack.—National flag of Great Britain. The original English flag was the banner of St. George. On the union of Scotland with England the banner of St. Andrew was added, and on the union of Ireland, that of St. Patrick. It now consists of a red and white diagonal cross (the last two being side by side), on a blue ground.
Unit.—Euclid describes number to be a collection of units. In military organisation the term unit is applied to a single portion upon which any part of an army, regiment, &c., is formed. A company is the unit of a regiment; a battery, that of a brigade of artillery.