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 109
... ATTACKS ON ANGOLA 109 to trying to keep off the English from Surat or the Dutch from Ceylon . They could get no ... attack Massangano , but was defeated in January 1646 . Some months later the Dutch advanced up the River Cuanza ...
... ATTACKS ON ANGOLA 109 to trying to keep off the English from Surat or the Dutch from Ceylon . They could get no ... attack Massangano , but was defeated in January 1646 . Some months later the Dutch advanced up the River Cuanza ...
Page 175
... attack on Muizenberg supported by a barrage from the ships ' guns . The steadiness of the British regulars and the flight of the German mercenaries , who had no desire to lose their lives in a cause with which they were out of sympathy ...
... attack on Muizenberg supported by a barrage from the ships ' guns . The steadiness of the British regulars and the flight of the German mercenaries , who had no desire to lose their lives in a cause with which they were out of sympathy ...
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... attack , and if the German China squadron , commanded by Admiral von Spee , should enter the Southern Atlantic , it might destroy the wireless station in the Cape Peninsula , while it could count on receiving from the wireless stations ...
... attack , and if the German China squadron , commanded by Admiral von Spee , should enter the Southern Atlantic , it might destroy the wireless station in the Cape Peninsula , while it could count on receiving from the wireless stations ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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