The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1963 - Great Britain |
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Page 429
... Basuto . Only the clumsiness of a too democratic Krygsraad , and the tendency of the farmers to return to their farms as soon as the rains fell and the ploughing season commenced in October , saved the Basuto from ruinous losses ...
... Basuto . Only the clumsiness of a too democratic Krygsraad , and the tendency of the farmers to return to their farms as soon as the rains fell and the ploughing season commenced in October , saved the Basuto from ruinous losses ...
Page 430
... Basuto had sown during the lull in December and January . The threat of a winter of famine broke the Basuto resistance , and the Free State commenced to dismember Basutoland . By the Treaty of Imparani , Molapo was compelled to cede his ...
... Basuto had sown during the lull in December and January . The threat of a winter of famine broke the Basuto resistance , and the Free State commenced to dismember Basutoland . By the Treaty of Imparani , Molapo was compelled to cede his ...
Page 843
... Basuto so much of their best land , as well as such droves of cattle that Sir Harry Smith's descrip- tion of the wars on the Cape Eastern Frontier as a sort of Smithfield cattle - driving was applicable on the Basuto border too ...
... Basuto so much of their best land , as well as such droves of cattle that Sir Harry Smith's descrip- tion of the wars on the Cape Eastern Frontier as a sort of Smithfield cattle - driving was applicable on the Basuto border too ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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