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 xvii
... hill - Consternation of the Boers -They rally and attack the mountain - Deadly fire of the Boers - Death of Romilly - The reserves waver - The re- treat becomes a rout - Attack on the hospital —Death of Sir George Colley - Firing on the ...
... hill - Consternation of the Boers -They rally and attack the mountain - Deadly fire of the Boers - Death of Romilly - The reserves waver - The re- treat becomes a rout - Attack on the hospital —Death of Sir George Colley - Firing on the ...
Strana 36
... hill occupied by a chief called Matebe , which had been known on account of its natural strength as the " Kaffir Gibraltar . " A second contingent , with the aid of a large body of Amaswazi , took Johannes ' stronghold . Perhaps it ...
... hill occupied by a chief called Matebe , which had been known on account of its natural strength as the " Kaffir Gibraltar . " A second contingent , with the aid of a large body of Amaswazi , took Johannes ' stronghold . Perhaps it ...
Strana 45
... Hill and Lang's Nek . But the following words , taken from his Vindication , " deprive his declamations of their sting . Speaking about a charge , which had been freely made , that he had betrayed the Boers to the English , and ...
... Hill and Lang's Nek . But the following words , taken from his Vindication , " deprive his declamations of their sting . Speaking about a charge , which had been freely made , that he had betrayed the Boers to the English , and ...
Strana 49
... Hill had occurred . In a speech delivered in the House of Lords in 1881 Lord Kimberley is reported as saying : " The late Government , in annexing the Transvaal , were not for one moment actuated simply by a desire to extend the Queen's ...
... Hill had occurred . In a speech delivered in the House of Lords in 1881 Lord Kimberley is reported as saying : " The late Government , in annexing the Transvaal , were not for one moment actuated simply by a desire to extend the Queen's ...
Strana 114
... hill on which the town stood was carried , but the native contingent hung back , and Captain Clarke , not having sufficient white men to back him up , was obliged to retire . After the failure of the attack on Masselaroon , it was ...
... hill on which the town stood was carried , but the native contingent hung back , and Captain Clarke , not having sufficient white men to back him up , was obliged to retire . After the failure of the attack on Masselaroon , it was ...
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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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