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 43
... turned white overnight . It cannot recognise its own photographs in these closing months of 1899 . It used to be a humdrum little seaport capital , which only woke up when a steamer came in from London , but now it is so full of ...
... turned white overnight . It cannot recognise its own photographs in these closing months of 1899 . It used to be a humdrum little seaport capital , which only woke up when a steamer came in from London , but now it is so full of ...
Strana 51
... turned that finger down . " Next came Loch . Psst ! I got the best of him . And then came Rosmead again . Psst ! he was nothing , no more than before . And now , " he said , pretending to be going to turn down his missing thumb as he ...
... turned that finger down . " Next came Loch . Psst ! I got the best of him . And then came Rosmead again . Psst ! he was nothing , no more than before . And now , " he said , pretending to be going to turn down his missing thumb as he ...
Strana 63
... turned on his heel and went in- doors at once . Presently he came out again with his loaded gun . " See here , ' said he , ' I own this house and all the land as far as you can see around you . It is mine . I am king here . You go back ...
... turned on his heel and went in- doors at once . Presently he came out again with his loaded gun . " See here , ' said he , ' I own this house and all the land as far as you can see around you . It is mine . I am king here . You go back ...
Strana 76
... turned bottom upward . In every direction the view is unobstructed for miles , yet you see nothing but the same burnt desert with the hot air dancing over it . There are occasional little herds of goats tended by native children , but ...
... turned bottom upward . In every direction the view is unobstructed for miles , yet you see nothing but the same burnt desert with the hot air dancing over it . There are occasional little herds of goats tended by native children , but ...
Strana 88
... turning the enemy's right flank . This was part of a movement which was soundly enough conceived , but which ended in a ter- rible reverse . While Colonel Carleton was making his way over a ridge called Nicholson's Nek , some boulders ...
... turning the enemy's right flank . This was part of a movement which was soundly enough conceived , but which ended in a ter- rible reverse . While Colonel Carleton was making his way over a ridge called Nicholson's Nek , some boulders ...
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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.