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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... handed them over , or sold them . It was in 1834 that- Parliament passed an Act freeing all slaves in the Brit- 1 James Bryce in " Impressions of South Africa . " ish dominions all over the world , and thus added 10 HISTORICAL FOREWORD.
... handed them over , or sold them . It was in 1834 that- Parliament passed an Act freeing all slaves in the Brit- 1 James Bryce in " Impressions of South Africa . " ish dominions all over the world , and thus added 10 HISTORICAL FOREWORD.
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... passed upon them . Had they , with all their uncouthness , been men of high resolve and broad capacity , the feelings which some seek to rouse in us on their behalf would be stirred in every fair man's heart . But this is so far from ...
... passed upon them . Had they , with all their uncouthness , been men of high resolve and broad capacity , the feelings which some seek to rouse in us on their behalf would be stirred in every fair man's heart . But this is so far from ...
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... passed resolutions , and appointed a com- mittee to wait upon President Kruger . It was to these gentlemen that the Boer leader said , " Cease holding public meetings and be satisfied ; go back to your people and tell them I shall never ...
... passed resolutions , and appointed a com- mittee to wait upon President Kruger . It was to these gentlemen that the Boer leader said , " Cease holding public meetings and be satisfied ; go back to your people and tell them I shall never ...
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... passed a law nominally requiring an enfranchisement term of seven years , but in reality preventing the enfranchisement of any Uitlanders who have lived in the Transvaal less than nine years . But the pith of the matter is outside of ...
... passed a law nominally requiring an enfranchisement term of seven years , but in reality preventing the enfranchisement of any Uitlanders who have lived in the Transvaal less than nine years . But the pith of the matter is outside of ...
Strana 63
... passed through the Transvaal a few days ago , and I had two remarkable conversations which go to show how peculiar the Boers are . The first was with a man who had been sent to a Boer house to collect some taxes that were long overdue ...
... passed through the Transvaal a few days ago , and I had two remarkable conversations which go to show how peculiar the Boers are . The first was with a man who had been sent to a Boer house to collect some taxes that were long overdue ...
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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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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.