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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His outposts were already in the cornlands intermingled with the subjects of rival Chiefs and , on the outskirts , with Boers who had drifted up singly from the frontier districts of Cape Colony . In the upper Caledon valley Sikonyela's ...
His outposts were already in the cornlands intermingled with the subjects of rival Chiefs and , on the outskirts , with Boers who had drifted up singly from the frontier districts of Cape Colony . In the upper Caledon valley Sikonyela's ...
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In Swaziland , also , where Cetewayo claimed to be Paramount Chief , the Boers were intriguing with a view to extending their dominions in the direction of Delagoa Bay . There a treaty was concluded with Mbandeni , the republic's ...
In Swaziland , also , where Cetewayo claimed to be Paramount Chief , the Boers were intriguing with a view to extending their dominions in the direction of Delagoa Bay . There a treaty was concluded with Mbandeni , the republic's ...
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Wolseley thought that the Boers were becoming reconciled to the inevitable . On his advice , troops were withdrawn from South Africa , whilst he himself went home . Kruger and Joubert wrote to Gladstone begging him to satisfy the ...
Wolseley thought that the Boers were becoming reconciled to the inevitable . On his advice , troops were withdrawn from South Africa , whilst he himself went home . Kruger and Joubert wrote to Gladstone begging him to satisfy the ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
Copyright | |
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