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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 77
Page 171
... force , then it must remain directly under the orders of the Dutch Company while stationed in a Dutch colony . But to the minds of British ministers the authority of the Stadtholderate overseas was too precarious to admit of such a ...
... force , then it must remain directly under the orders of the Dutch Company while stationed in a Dutch colony . But to the minds of British ministers the authority of the Stadtholderate overseas was too precarious to admit of such a ...
Page 173
... force to a use for which it had not been intended . Within a week of arrival he had reported to Dundas that the attempt to gain admission in the name of the House of Orange had been a mistake and had reminded him that with his small ...
... force to a use for which it had not been intended . Within a week of arrival he had reported to Dundas that the attempt to gain admission in the name of the House of Orange had been a mistake and had reminded him that with his small ...
Page 713
... force . Fortunately the Germans had taken no adequate measures to prevent this , and a force of 1824 men , commanded by Colonel P. S. Beves , which sailed from Cape Town on 15 September 1914 , occupied the town without resistance on ...
... force . Fortunately the Germans had taken no adequate measures to prevent this , and a force of 1824 men , commanded by Colonel P. S. Beves , which sailed from Cape Town on 15 September 1914 , occupied the town without resistance on ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
153 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Afrikander annexation Arabs Bantu Basuto Basutoland Bathurst Boers Britain British Government burghers Bushmen Caledon Cape Archives Cape Colony Cape Town Carnarvon cattle century CHBE chief coast Colonial Office colonists coloured command Commissioner Company Constitution Council Cradock D'Urban despatch Dias districts Dundas Dutch East eastern English established European farmers farms favour Fish River force Free Frere frontier Gaika garrison Governor Graaff-Reinet Grahamstown Grey Griquas Hottentots Ibid imperial India interior Kaffir Kaffir war Kaffraria labour land Landdrost Letters London Lord Lord Charles Somerset ment military missionaries monomotapa Moshesh Napier Natal native Orange Ordinance Parl peace Philip political Port Portuguese Pretorius Recs Republic Rhodes Riebeeck rix-dollars sent settlement settlers ships slaves Smith Sofala Somerset South Africa Sovereignty Stel territory Theal tion trade Transvaal treaties Trek Trekkers tribes troops Vaal veld Vide supra Volksraad voyage Winburg Wodehouse Zulu Zuurveld