Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Հատոր 167J. Mason., 1900 |
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... Colony , where it touches the boundary of the Free State on the west , with the entire breadth of that country , about 300 miles in extent , separating it from Natal . It had been apparent from the first that the strategy of the ...
... Colony , where it touches the boundary of the Free State on the west , with the entire breadth of that country , about 300 miles in extent , separating it from Natal . It had been apparent from the first that the strategy of the ...
Էջ 127
... colonists were not slow to recognise this , and on 24th November the Government au- thorised them to raise a mounted force amongst themselves to check Boer raiding , each man to provide his own horse and equipment , the corps to appoint ...
... colonists were not slow to recognise this , and on 24th November the Government au- thorised them to raise a mounted force amongst themselves to check Boer raiding , each man to provide his own horse and equipment , the corps to appoint ...
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... Colony , appearing and dis- appearing mysteriously , their object unknown , till on Nov- ember 13 a force of 600 Free Staters , with three 12 - pounder guns in charge of Commandant Olivier , marched upon Aliwal North , took possession ...
... Colony , appearing and dis- appearing mysteriously , their object unknown , till on Nov- ember 13 a force of 600 Free Staters , with three 12 - pounder guns in charge of Commandant Olivier , marched upon Aliwal North , took possession ...
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... Colony as loyal British subjects . The trekkers had a rooted dis- taste to the restraints and habits of civilised life : they preferred to open up new coun- tries with the rifle and the plough , to drive back the sav- ages , and clear ...
... Colony as loyal British subjects . The trekkers had a rooted dis- taste to the restraints and habits of civilised life : they preferred to open up new coun- tries with the rifle and the plough , to drive back the sav- ages , and clear ...
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... colony in 1845 . Some of the Boers remained in it as British subjects : the majority , including the fiercer spirits ... colonies . The Transvaalers , on the other hand , were distracted by internal feuds , and involved in almost ...
... colony in 1845 . Some of the Boers remained in it as British subjects : the majority , including the fiercer spirits ... colonies . The Transvaalers , on the other hand , were distracted by internal feuds , and involved in almost ...
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