The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... IMPERIAL DEFENCE , 1815-1870. In. the. ceaseless. colonial. warfare. of. the. eighteenth. century. Great. Britain acquired the strategic and economic framework on which her future empire was to be based . Eighteenth - century strategy was a ...
... IMPERIAL DEFENCE , 1815-1870. In. the. ceaseless. colonial. warfare. of. the. eighteenth. century. Great. Britain acquired the strategic and economic framework on which her future empire was to be based . Eighteenth - century strategy was a ...
Page 819
... imperial troops at the Cape numbered only 4700 , while the colonists ' contribution had risen to £ 56,000.1 The policy of the Aberdeen Ministry with regard to Australia centred chiefly in the proposals of Sir William Denison , who ...
... imperial troops at the Cape numbered only 4700 , while the colonists ' contribution had risen to £ 56,000.1 The policy of the Aberdeen Ministry with regard to Australia centred chiefly in the proposals of Sir William Denison , who ...
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... imperial standpoint . This , however , did not prevent members of the committee from putting important but vaguely worded questions on strategy to civilian witnesses who were neither able nor entitled to give authoritative answers . The ...
... imperial standpoint . This , however , did not prevent members of the committee from putting important but vaguely worded questions on strategy to civilian witnesses who were neither able nor entitled to give authoritative answers . The ...
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