The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1936 - Great Britain |
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... Boers competed with one another for farms in Adam Kok's Griqua state of Philippolis to the north of the Orange River , 1 while beyond the Griqua borders men subject to no government whatever , even in name , occupied land as they chose ...
... Boers competed with one another for farms in Adam Kok's Griqua state of Philippolis to the north of the Orange River , 1 while beyond the Griqua borders men subject to no government whatever , even in name , occupied land as they chose ...
Page 464
... Boers were intriguing with a view to extending their dominions . There a treaty was concluded with Mbandeni , the republic's nominee , which practically made him a subject of the Transvaal.5 Cetewayo prepared to drive the Boers over the ...
... Boers were intriguing with a view to extending their dominions . There a treaty was concluded with Mbandeni , the republic's nominee , which practically made him a subject of the Transvaal.5 Cetewayo prepared to drive the Boers over the ...
Page 483
... Boers . In anticipation of favours to come , the agitators held their hand . Wolseley thought that the Boers were becoming reconciled to the inevitable.5 On his advice , troops were withdrawn from South Africa , whilst he himself went ...
... Boers . In anticipation of favours to come , the agitators held their hand . Wolseley thought that the Boers were becoming reconciled to the inevitable.5 On his advice , troops were withdrawn from South Africa , whilst he himself went ...
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