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 32
... fancied themselves in God's keeping , and uncon- querable . The British , on the other hand , magnified their own defeat in the light of what their soldiers could have done had not their reinforcements been xxxii Historical Foreword.
... fancied themselves in God's keeping , and uncon- querable . The British , on the other hand , magnified their own defeat in the light of what their soldiers could have done had not their reinforcements been xxxii Historical Foreword.
Strana 33
... soldiers could have done had not their reinforcements been called off . At the time that the Boers revolted the only British troops were small scattered detachments . After their defeats they gathered a force which must have quickly and ...
... soldiers could have done had not their reinforcements been called off . At the time that the Boers revolted the only British troops were small scattered detachments . After their defeats they gathered a force which must have quickly and ...
Strana 34
... soldiers . Thus infatuated , and rendered more than ever ambitious by the sudden enrichment of the Transvaal consequent upon the discovery of gold , and nursing an idle dream of one day conquering all South Africa , they treasured a ...
... soldiers . Thus infatuated , and rendered more than ever ambitious by the sudden enrichment of the Transvaal consequent upon the discovery of gold , and nursing an idle dream of one day conquering all South Africa , they treasured a ...
Strana 61
... soldiers on the march . The Volun- teers do most of the marching , as they are in camps near by in the fields . When the Regulars and the Marines go to the front , they are rushed from the ships to the cars so quickly that paragraphs ...
... soldiers on the march . The Volun- teers do most of the marching , as they are in camps near by in the fields . When the Regulars and the Marines go to the front , they are rushed from the ships to the cars so quickly that paragraphs ...
Strana 62
... soldiers in khaki , officers in civilian attire , and hundreds of Cape Boys and Kaffirs , who were hired as transport helpers . Other officers , idle citizens , wondering Maho- metans , and excited negresses formed the crowd that saw ...
... soldiers in khaki , officers in civilian attire , and hundreds of Cape Boys and Kaffirs , who were hired as transport helpers . Other officers , idle citizens , wondering Maho- metans , and excited negresses formed the crowd that saw ...
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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...