The complete story of the Transvaal, from the 'Great trek' to the Convention of London |
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Strana 14
... authorities and the Dutch farmers . arose out of the ill - treatment of a native . This was the " Slagter's Nek " affair , which still rankles in the minds of the up - country Boers . It is alluded to in terms of condemnation in one of ...
... authorities and the Dutch farmers . arose out of the ill - treatment of a native . This was the " Slagter's Nek " affair , which still rankles in the minds of the up - country Boers . It is alluded to in terms of condemnation in one of ...
Strana 19
... authorities . Part of the Boers resisted , and , under the leadership of Pretorius , expelled the Resi- dent placed at Bloemfontein by the Government . Sir Harry Smith , the then Governor of the Cape , marched promptly against the ...
... authorities . Part of the Boers resisted , and , under the leadership of Pretorius , expelled the Resi- dent placed at Bloemfontein by the Government . Sir Harry Smith , the then Governor of the Cape , marched promptly against the ...
Strana 25
... authority of the " Transvaal Almanack , " a useful publication , to which I am indebted for many of the facts mentioned in this chapter . Among other curious freaks of the Trans- vaal Government , the almanack mentions a Government ...
... authority of the " Transvaal Almanack , " a useful publication , to which I am indebted for many of the facts mentioned in this chapter . Among other curious freaks of the Trans- vaal Government , the almanack mentions a Government ...
Strana 28
... authority of a new President elected by the Volksraad . He raised the standard of rebellion a second time , and was joined by a number of Boers from the eastern and western districts . Paul Kruger was despatched at the head of a ...
... authority of a new President elected by the Volksraad . He raised the standard of rebellion a second time , and was joined by a number of Boers from the eastern and western districts . Paul Kruger was despatched at the head of a ...
Strana 30
... authority to agree to the submission to the Governor . Popular feeling was roused against him , and he was obliged to make way for Mr. Burgers . The new President was a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in the colony , and had ...
... authority to agree to the submission to the Governor . Popular feeling was roused against him , and he was obliged to make way for Mr. Burgers . The new President was a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in the colony , and had ...
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afterwards annexation appointed arrived Article attack authority Betshuana Blue Book Boers boundaries British Government British Resident Burgers camp Cape Colony carbineers cattle chief cloth extra Colonel Coloured command Crown 8vo deputation Dutch Edition enemy England English fight fire flag force garrison gilt edges Gladstone granted hill honour House Illustrated inhabitants Joubert Kaffirs Ketchwayo kraal Kruger laager Laing's Nek land Landdrost Lanyon laws letter Lord Kimberley loyalists Lydenburg Majesty's Government Majuba Mankoroane ment military Montsiwe mounted Natal Newcastle obligations officers party peace persons Potchefstroom Pretoria proclamation promises R. D. BLACKMORE Royal Commission Sampson Low Sand River Convention Sekkukuni sent shot siege Sir Bartle Frere Sir Evelyn Wood Sir Garnet Wolseley Sir Theophilus Shepstone slavery Small post 8vo South Africa South African Republic speech Spruit taken territory Theophilus Shepstone tion took town Transvaal Government treaty troops Vaal River Veld Volksraad vols volunteers waggons wounded Zulu
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