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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... military system , which was destined to play a great part in less unequal struggles during the nineteenth century . From the first introduction of the free burghers it was regarded as an axiom that all white men in the colony able to ...
... military system , which was destined to play a great part in less unequal struggles during the nineteenth century . From the first introduction of the free burghers it was regarded as an axiom that all white men in the colony able to ...
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... military authority exercised by the Governor and the senior military officer in the old colonies had been precisely defined in accordance with the Governor's constitutional position in relation to the local Assembly , which voted ...
... military authority exercised by the Governor and the senior military officer in the old colonies had been precisely defined in accordance with the Governor's constitutional position in relation to the local Assembly , which voted ...
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... military districts with 35 posts . A small nucleus of mobile troops was retained in the capital , and the remainder of the forces , some 700 men in all , were apportioned to the scattered posts throughout the colony . Military , police ...
... military districts with 35 posts . A small nucleus of mobile troops was retained in the capital , and the remainder of the forces , some 700 men in all , were apportioned to the scattered posts throughout the colony . Military , police ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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