The Complete Story of the Transvaal from the "Great Trek" to the Convention of London: With Appendix Comprising Ministerial Declarations of Policy and Official DocumentsS. Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1885 - 372 strán (strany) |
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Strana 25
... forces remained facing one another some time , neither being very willing to fight . At length a peace was concluded , and each republic recog- nized the independence of the other . There was even some talk of a union between them , but ...
... forces remained facing one another some time , neither being very willing to fight . At length a peace was concluded , and each republic recog- nized the independence of the other . There was even some talk of a union between them , but ...
Strana 34
... force in these objections is evident from their subsequent conduct . In M. Merensky's " History of the Bapedi " will be found the records of repeated attempts made by the Boers to persuade Sekwati to part with his rights over the ...
... force in these objections is evident from their subsequent conduct . In M. Merensky's " History of the Bapedi " will be found the records of repeated attempts made by the Boers to persuade Sekwati to part with his rights over the ...
Strana 35
... force , fraud , or fair means the million of natives pressing 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 ...
... force , fraud , or fair means the million of natives pressing 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 ...
Strana 36
... stouter resistance than they had expected . Their hearts failed them , and they fled ignominiously . Burgers tried in vain to rally them . He used the utmost force of his persuasive eloquence . 36 The Complete Story of the Transvaal .
... stouter resistance than they had expected . Their hearts failed them , and they fled ignominiously . Burgers tried in vain to rally them . He used the utmost force of his persuasive eloquence . 36 The Complete Story of the Transvaal .
Strana 37
... force of his persuasive eloquence . He actually shed tears at their conduct , and it is said he asked them to shoot him rather than disgrace him . But they would not listen , and 1000 out of the con- tingent of 1400 “ trekked " home ...
... force of his persuasive eloquence . He actually shed tears at their conduct , and it is said he asked them to shoot him rather than disgrace him . But they would not listen , and 1000 out of the con- tingent of 1400 “ trekked " home ...
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The Complete Story of the Transvaal from the "Great Trek" to the Convention ... John Nixon Úplné zobrazenie - 1885 |
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