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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... infantry , certain to employ on the field of action all the qualities which distinguish the rural classes in England . One of the most striking incidents of this exciting period was the way in which the City of London came to the front ...
... infantry , certain to employ on the field of action all the qualities which distinguish the rural classes in England . One of the most striking incidents of this exciting period was the way in which the City of London came to the front ...
Strana 81
... infantry com- pany , the 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifles and mounted infantry company , the 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers and mounted infantry company , with details . In all about 3,500 men . Against him were gathered an ...
... infantry com- pany , the 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifles and mounted infantry company , the 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers and mounted infantry company , with details . In all about 3,500 men . Against him were gathered an ...
Strana 82
... infantry picket standing east of Dundee , at the junction of two roads from drifts across the Buffalo . Two hours after- wards , the British camp was not a little surprised by a shell which came thundering from the Boer lines . Sir ...
... infantry picket standing east of Dundee , at the junction of two roads from drifts across the Buffalo . Two hours after- wards , the British camp was not a little surprised by a shell which came thundering from the Boer lines . Sir ...
Strana 83
... infantry swept on , covered as far as possible by artillery , the men with the utmost resolution climbed the steep rocks on hands and knees , and , by one o'clock , had reached the crest and put the enemy to flight . About 500 Boers ...
... infantry swept on , covered as far as possible by artillery , the men with the utmost resolution climbed the steep rocks on hands and knees , and , by one o'clock , had reached the crest and put the enemy to flight . About 500 Boers ...
Strana 84
... infantry . Thus was brought about the desperate battle of Elandslaagte , fought on October 21st . General French had only arrived from England two days before , and at once commenced that career of almost uninterrupted success which has ...
... infantry . Thus was brought about the desperate battle of Elandslaagte , fought on October 21st . General French had only arrived from England two days before , and at once commenced that career of almost uninterrupted success which has ...
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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 |
Časté výrazy a frázy
Acting Major-General Africa ammunition army ARTICLE artillery attack battalion battery battle Belmont Black Watch bottle bullets camp Cape Colony Capetown cavalry Colenso Colonel command Common Shell Convention declared dust Dutch enemy enemy's English field fight fire force Graspan Guards heard hills horses hundred Jacobsdal Kaffirs khaki killed Kimberley kopje Ladysmith land Lieut.-General look Lord Methuen Lord Roberts lyddite Maaghersfontein Majesty's Government miles Modder River mounted infantry move Natal natives naval guns night o'clock officers Orange Free Orange River padre position Pretoria prisoners railway Regiment ridge rifle rocks round Royal rush sand 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
Populárne pasáže
Strana 296 - ... they will not be subject, in respect of their persons or property, or in respect of their commerce or industry, to any taxes, whether general or local, other than those which are or may be imposed upon citizens of the said Republic.
Strana 293 - 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 287 - Convention ; (b) report to the Transvaal authorities any cases of ill-treatment of natives, or attempts to incite natives to rebellion, that may come to his knowledge ; (c) use his influence with the natives in favour of law and order ; and (d) generally perform such other duties as are by this Convention entrusted to him, and take such steps for the protection of persons and property of natives as are consistent with the law of the land.
Strana 287 - Republic in making due provision for the proper care and preservation of the graves of such of Her Majesty's Forces as have died in the Transvaal ; and if need be, for the appropriation of land for the purpose.
Strana 290 - 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 290 - Convention comes into effect, and who shall within twelve months after such last-mentioned date have their names registered by the British Resident, shall be exempt from all compulsory military service whatever.
Strana 37 - 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 290 - ... any prohibition be maintained or imposed on the importation of any article the produce or manufacture of the dominions and possessions of her...
Strana 283 - 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 296 - 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.