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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As we have seen , Caledon's lack of military authority was partly responsible for a negative frontier policy which left the Kaffirs in possession of the Zuurveld and failed to check their growing audacity in murder and thieving .
As we have seen , Caledon's lack of military authority was partly responsible for a negative frontier policy which left the Kaffirs in possession of the Zuurveld and failed to check their growing audacity in murder and thieving .
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SOMERSET AND THE FRONTIER 219 returned to Cape Town hopeful of the arrangements with Gaika and his subordinates and confident that he had made the frontier impreg- nable . But the problem of resettling " that fertile spot the Zuurveld ...
SOMERSET AND THE FRONTIER 219 returned to Cape Town hopeful of the arrangements with Gaika and his subordinates and confident that he had made the frontier impreg- nable . But the problem of resettling " that fertile spot the Zuurveld ...
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But Stocken- strom retired in September 1838 , and the system gradually collapsed.2 It had many critics - some of the officials on the frontier and in Cape Town , the majority of the frontiersmen , both Afrikander and British , and , at ...
But Stocken- strom retired in September 1838 , and the system gradually collapsed.2 It had many critics - some of the officials on the frontier and in Cape Town , the majority of the frontiersmen , both Afrikander and British , and , at ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2008 |
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