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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If , despite the strong preference of the Dutch for a fleet , Great Britain insisted on sending a military force , then it must remain directly under the orders of the Dutch Company while stationed in a Dutch colony.1 But to the minds ...
If , despite the strong preference of the Dutch for a fleet , Great Britain insisted on sending a military force , then it must remain directly under the orders of the Dutch Company while stationed in a Dutch colony.1 But to the minds ...
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ATTACK UPON CAPE TOWN 173 definite news of the Franco - Batavian alliance reached him , the latter terminated negotiations , stopped the sale of fresh provisions to the British , and withdrew his forces to the strongly fortified ...
ATTACK UPON CAPE TOWN 173 definite news of the Franco - Batavian alliance reached him , the latter terminated negotiations , stopped the sale of fresh provisions to the British , and withdrew his forces to the strongly fortified ...
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Having reorganised his force into three divisions , he dispatched one under van Deventer south - westward against Kondoa ... leaving sufficient forces to hold the railway , made a great effort to recapture it but was repulsed on May 9 .
Having reorganised his force into three divisions , he dispatched one under van Deventer south - westward against Kondoa ... leaving sufficient forces to hold the railway , made a great effort to recapture it but was repulsed on May 9 .
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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