Towards Pretoria: A Record of the War Between Briton and Boer, to the Relief of KimberleyFrederick A. Stokes Company, 1900 - 328 strán (strany) |
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Strana 75
... bullet wounds and spear thrusts ! . It is disgusting to leave these men , and turn into any one of the Capetown hotels to find your- self surrounded by the rich refugees from Johannes- burg , and to hear them cry like children as they ...
... bullet wounds and spear thrusts ! . It is disgusting to leave these men , and turn into any one of the Capetown hotels to find your- self surrounded by the rich refugees from Johannes- burg , and to hear them cry like children as they ...
Strana 160
... bullets - that tried them , without finding them wanting . For pro- tection and retort they could only shoot almost straight above their heads , without ever seeing their foe hidden behind the topmost boulders . - They were advancing in ...
... bullets - that tried them , without finding them wanting . For pro- tection and retort they could only shoot almost straight above their heads , without ever seeing their foe hidden behind the topmost boulders . - They were advancing in ...
Strana 162
... bullets . I went upon the field with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry , and a description of the manner in which they went into action will serve as illustrating the course pursued by all the forces except the Naval Brigade . The ...
... bullets . I went upon the field with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry , and a description of the manner in which they went into action will serve as illustrating the course pursued by all the forces except the Naval Brigade . The ...
Strana 165
... bullets and bayonets found them , con- firmed this theory , for they were poorly clad , un- shaven , unclean , and hungry - looking . They were of that class of Boer whom James Bryce describes as having started at a seventeenth ...
... bullets and bayonets found them , con- firmed this theory , for they were poorly clad , un- shaven , unclean , and hungry - looking . They were of that class of Boer whom James Bryce describes as having started at a seventeenth ...
Strana 166
... bullet hole in his forehead . He was of a superior type , intelligent of face , neatly dressed , and had been shooting with gloves on his hands . Had he lived to escape he would have been one of the very great many Boers who were seen ...
... bullet hole in his forehead . He was of a superior type , intelligent of face , neatly dressed , and had been shooting with gloves on his hands . Had he lived to escape he would have been one of the very great many Boers who were seen ...
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Towards Pretoria: A Record of the War Between Briton and Boer, to the Relief ... Julian Ralph Úplné zobrazenie - 1900 |
Towards Pretoria: A Record of the War Between Briton and Boer, to the Relief ... Julian Ralph Úplné zobrazenie - 1900 |
Towards Pretoria: A Record of the War Between Briton and Boer, to the Relief ... Julian Ralph Úplné zobrazenie - 1900 |
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army ARTICLE artillery attack battalion battery battle Belmont Black Watch Bloemfontein Boers bottle Britain British Resident bullets camp Cape Colony Capetown captured cavalry Colenso Colonel command Common Shell Convention Cronje declared dust Dutch enemy enemy's English field fighting fire force Fusiliers Gatacre Graspan Guards hills horses hundred Jacobsdal Kaffirs khaki killed Kimberley kopje Kruger Ladysmith land Lieut.-General look Lord Methuen Lord Roberts lyddite Maaghersfontein Mafeking Majesty's Government Major-General ment miles Modder River mounted infantry move Natal natives naval guns night officers Orange Free Orange River padre position President Pretoria railway Regiment ridge rifle round Seaforths seen sent shot Shrapnel side Sir Alfred Milner Sir George White soldiers South Africa South African Republic Sub-Commissioners thousand Tommy took Transvaal trenches troops Tugela Uitlanders Vaal veldt Volksraad waggons Wauchope wounded yards Yorkshire Light Infantry
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Strana 346 - ... with such hostilities; and all such persons will have full liberty to reside in the country, with enjoyment of all civil rights, and protection for their persons and property.
Strana 353 - Pretoria or elsewhere within the South African Republic to discharge functions analogous to those of a Consular officer he will receive the protection and assistance of the Republic. ARTICLE 4. — -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.
Strana 349 - All persons, other than natives, conforming themselves to the laws of the South African Republic (a) will have full liberty, with their families, to enter, travel, or reside in any part of the South African Republic...
Strana 39 - October, 1899, not later than 5 o'clock pm, and it desires further to add that in the event of unexpectedly no satisfactory answer being received by it within that interval [it] will with great regret be compelled to regard the action of Her Majesty's Government as a formal declaration of war...
Strana 349 - ... any prohibition be maintained or imposed on the importation of any article the produce or manufacture of the dominions and possessions of her...
Strana 350 - Provision shall hereafter be made by a separate instrument for the mutual extradition of criminals, and also for the surrender of deserters from Her Majesty's forces.
Strana 342 - Wessel Pretorius, and Petrus Jacobus Joubert. or the survivor or survivors of them, who will forthwith cause a Volksraad to be elected and convened, and the Volksraad, thus elected and convened, will •decide as to the further administration of the Government of the said State.
Strana 344 - In regard to acts falling under (6), compensation will be allowed for actual losses of property, or actual injury to the same proved to have been caused by its enforced abandonment. No claims for indirect losses, except such as are in this Article specially provided for, will be entertained. No claims which have been...
Strana 346 - There will continue to be complete freedom of religion and protection from molestation for all denominations, provided the same be not inconsistent with morality and good order ; and no disability shall attach to any person in regard to rights of property by reason of the religious opinions which he holds.
Strana 353 - 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. Such approval shall be considered to have been granted if her Majesty's Government shall not, within six months after receiving a copy of such treaty (which shall be delivered to them immediately upon its completion), have notified that the conclusion...