The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... Trekkers pouring down the passes into Natal . Retief also found that during his absence Potgieter and Uys had taken a line of their own . With 135 mounted men and a few native followers they had gone against the Matabele , the one Bantu ...
... Trekkers pouring down the passes into Natal . Retief also found that during his absence Potgieter and Uys had taken a line of their own . With 135 mounted men and a few native followers they had gone against the Matabele , the one Bantu ...
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... Trekkers ' ambitions , hung in the balance . Most of the British settlers and their magistrate , and all the missionaries , English and American , had fled the country ; the Natal Boers , some 3500 in all , had lost fully 350 slain and ...
... Trekkers ' ambitions , hung in the balance . Most of the British settlers and their magistrate , and all the missionaries , English and American , had fled the country ; the Natal Boers , some 3500 in all , had lost fully 350 slain and ...
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... Trekkers who had remained in Natal were preparing to retrace their steps up the mountain passes . The confusion that reigned beyond the Orange convinced Smith that he must either withdraw the Resident from Bloemfontein or else make ...
... Trekkers who had remained in Natal were preparing to retrace their steps up the mountain passes . The confusion that reigned beyond the Orange convinced Smith that he must either withdraw the Resident from Bloemfontein or else make ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Dec 2006 |
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