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 151
The main importance of the Bushmen in the history of South African colonisation
lies in the fact that in fighting against them the colonists developed a military
system which was destined to play a great part in less unequal struggles during
the ...
The main importance of the Bushmen in the history of South African colonisation
lies in the fact that in fighting against them the colonists developed a military
system which was destined to play a great part in less unequal struggles during
the ...
Page 206
The respective spheres of military authority exercised by the Governor and the
senior military officer in the old colonies had been precisely defined in
accordance with the Governor's constitutional position in relation to the local
Assembly, ...
The respective spheres of military authority exercised by the Governor and the
senior military officer in the old colonies had been precisely defined in
accordance with the Governor's constitutional position in relation to the local
Assembly, ...
Page 228
No doubt the Government was not anxious to advertise the fact that they were
proposing to settle a dangerous area for military purposes, but the precaution
seems to have been somewhat futile in view of the fact that news of a fresh Kaffir
war ...
No doubt the Government was not anxious to advertise the fact that they were
proposing to settle a dangerous area for military purposes, but the precaution
seems to have been somewhat futile in view of the fact that news of a fresh Kaffir
war ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Smutss offer to S Rhodesia 1921 | 4 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
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