The complete story of the Transvaal, from the 'Great trek' to the Convention of London |
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Strana 35
... round the borders were com- pelled or induced to yield up their land to make sheep farms for the thirty - five or forty thousand Boers of the Transvaal , who found a country as big as France too small for them . The immediate cause of ...
... round the borders were com- pelled or induced to yield up their land to make sheep farms for the thirty - five or forty thousand Boers of the Transvaal , who found a country as big as France too small for them . The immediate cause of ...
Strana 37
... round the Transvaal were ready for action . Ketchwayo , the Zulu king , claimed a large tract of country which he alleged the Boers had taken wrongfully from him , and hovered menacingly on the western border , with his savage " impis ...
... round the Transvaal were ready for action . Ketchwayo , the Zulu king , claimed a large tract of country which he alleged the Boers had taken wrongfully from him , and hovered menacingly on the western border , with his savage " impis ...
Strana 87
... round a fire , and whom he stalked like partridges , wounded a man and a woman , took the prisoners and booty we have already mentioned , and threatened , moreover , further on in the day , that , unless certain other cattle were given ...
... round a fire , and whom he stalked like partridges , wounded a man and a woman , took the prisoners and booty we have already mentioned , and threatened , moreover , further on in the day , that , unless certain other cattle were given ...
Strana 168
... round it . In connection with the central operations , various houses in different parts of the town were sand - bagged and loopholed , and volun- teer garrisons were placed in them . Meantime the military were hard at work fortifying ...
... round it . In connection with the central operations , various houses in different parts of the town were sand - bagged and loopholed , and volun- teer garrisons were placed in them . Meantime the military were hard at work fortifying ...
Strana 171
... Wednesday , the day following , the bustle con- tinued . Waggons were sent round the town to fetch up all the persons who still remained there , and orders were issued that the women and children in the con- The Defence of Pretoria . 171.
... Wednesday , the day following , the bustle con- tinued . Waggons were sent round the town to fetch up all the persons who still remained there , and orders were issued that the women and children in the con- The Defence of Pretoria . 171.
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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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