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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... military system which was destined to play a great part in less unequal struggles during the nineteenth century . From the first introduction of the free burghers it was regarded as an axiom that all white men in the colony able to ...
... military system which was destined to play a great part in less unequal struggles during the nineteenth century . From the first introduction of the free burghers it was regarded as an axiom that all white men in the colony able to ...
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... military force , unshackled by a foreign war , may without risque easily and effectually accomplish " Haud quieta ... military authority exercised by the Governor and the senior military officer in the old colonies had been ...
... military force , unshackled by a foreign war , may without risque easily and effectually accomplish " Haud quieta ... military authority exercised by the Governor and the senior military officer in the old colonies had been ...
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... military duties ; his military superior was the Com- mandant , his civil head the Landdrost . The Natal Volksraad functioned for nearly seven years , but the shadow of annexation was upon it almost from the start . In 1840-1 it strove ...
... military duties ; his military superior was the Com- mandant , his civil head the Landdrost . The Natal Volksraad functioned for nearly seven years , but the shadow of annexation was upon it almost from the start . In 1840-1 it strove ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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