The complete story of the Transvaal, from the 'Great trek' to the Convention of London |
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Strana xv
... mounted infantry -Civilians in camp - The enemy , their laagers and patrols- The big guns - Our sanitary arrangements - Our rations— Trek beef and " weevily " biscuits - The medical men , and their strike - The water supply - Danger of ...
... mounted infantry -Civilians in camp - The enemy , their laagers and patrols- The big guns - Our sanitary arrangements - Our rations— Trek beef and " weevily " biscuits - The medical men , and their strike - The water supply - Danger of ...
Strana 39
... mounted policemen , and a small staff of five or six officials . In a letter to President Burgers , announcing his mission , he said nothing about the possibility of annexation . It was nevertheless an open secret that he was empowered ...
... mounted policemen , and a small staff of five or six officials . In a letter to President Burgers , announcing his mission , he said nothing about the possibility of annexation . It was nevertheless an open secret that he was empowered ...
Strana 82
... mounted , inured to hardships in their hunting expeditions , and expert in the use of firearms , to carry devastation wherever they went . The cattle were swept off , villages burnt , the inhabitants massacred , and , what was perhaps ...
... mounted , inured to hardships in their hunting expeditions , and expert in the use of firearms , to carry devastation wherever they went . The cattle were swept off , villages burnt , the inhabitants massacred , and , what was perhaps ...
Strana 91
... mounted and well accoutred , had returned home , not because the season was unfavourable , and because horse - sickness and fever were allied against them - for it was the middle of the healthy season - but because they had not the ...
... mounted and well accoutred , had returned home , not because the season was unfavourable , and because horse - sickness and fever were allied against them - for it was the middle of the healthy season - but because they had not the ...
Strana 114
... mounted men , 130 infantry , and two guns , but the town was discovered to be such a formidable stronghold that Colonel Rowlands came reluctantly to the decision to retire without attacking it . The reconnoitring party were harassed by ...
... mounted men , 130 infantry , and two guns , but the town was discovered to be such a formidable stronghold that Colonel Rowlands came reluctantly to the decision to retire without attacking it . The reconnoitring party were harassed by ...
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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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Strana 363 - ... they will not be subject, in respect of their persons or property, or in respect of their commerce or industry, to any taxes, whether general or local, other than those which are or may be imposed upon citizens of the said republic.
Strana 140 - I would say this : that, if those acquisitions were as valuable as they are valueless, I would repudiate them, because they are obtained by means dishonourable to the character of our country.
Strana 356 - The South African Republic will conclude no treaty or engagement with any State or nation other than the Orange Free State, nor with any native tribe to the eastward or westward of the Republic, until the same has been approved by her Majesty the Queen.
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