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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 69
Page 215
... garrison 2000 strong at the Cape , not only on the ground that the use of regular troops was the only effective method of holding the frontier , but also because the Boers themselves required constant supervision ; and he cited ...
... garrison 2000 strong at the Cape , not only on the ground that the use of regular troops was the only effective method of holding the frontier , but also because the Boers themselves required constant supervision ; and he cited ...
Page 217
... garrison would deprive the colony of its chief means of paying for its imports , namely , the commissary bills on London . For the sake of an inconsiderable economy the Govern- ment would constrict the colony's purchasing power and rob ...
... garrison would deprive the colony of its chief means of paying for its imports , namely , the commissary bills on London . For the sake of an inconsiderable economy the Govern- ment would constrict the colony's purchasing power and rob ...
Page 219
... garrison was reduced to 2400 with no cavalry at all . Small though the future garrison would be , he was determined to station at least 1100 troops on the frontier ; for until the Kaffirs had been mastered , population , " the natural ...
... garrison was reduced to 2400 with no cavalry at all . Small though the future garrison would be , he was determined to station at least 1100 troops on the frontier ; for until the Kaffirs had been mastered , population , " the natural ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Afrikander Angola annexation Arabs Bantu Basuto Basutoland Bathurst Boers Britain British Government burghers Bushmen Caledon Cape Colony Cape Town Carnarvon cattle century CHBE chief coast Colonial Office colonists coloured Commander Commissioner Company Company's Council Cradock Dagverhaal Dias districts Dundas Dutch eastern English established European farmers farms Fish River force Frere frontier garrison Governor Graaff-Reinet Grahamstown Grey Griquas Hofmeyr Hottentots Ibid imperial important India interior Kaffirs King Kruger labour land Landdrost Letters Desp Letters Rec London Lord Lord Charles Somerset ment military missionaries monomotapa Mozambique Natal native Orange Parl peace Philip political port Portugal Portuguese Pretorius Report Republic Rhodes Riebeeck rix-dollars sailed sent settlement settlers ships slaves Sofala Somerset South Africa southern Stel Table Bay territory Theal tion trade Transvaal treaty Trek Trekkers tribes troops Vaal veld Vide supra Volksraad voyage Wodehouse Zambesi Zulu Zuurveld