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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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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