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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Each republic agreed to recognise the independence of the other , and Pretorius withdrew his personal pretensions to ... For the divided republics he contemplated what Sir George Grey was beginning to advocate with increasing urgency ...
Each republic agreed to recognise the independence of the other , and Pretorius withdrew his personal pretensions to ... For the divided republics he contemplated what Sir George Grey was beginning to advocate with increasing urgency ...
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What Grey did not so clearly realise was that it was not impossible that the Natal colonists might wish to join the republics in a “ defensive " war . For the safety of its own frontiers the British Government must forestall Pretorius ...
What Grey did not so clearly realise was that it was not impossible that the Natal colonists might wish to join the republics in a “ defensive " war . For the safety of its own frontiers the British Government must forestall Pretorius ...
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PRETORIUS ATTEMPTS VAST ANNEXATIONS 425 nervous as well as annoyed at Wodehouse's refusal to annex Basutoland to Natal , meditated forcing the republic to return what it had gained , and was only restrained by the opposite fear of re ...
PRETORIUS ATTEMPTS VAST ANNEXATIONS 425 nervous as well as annoyed at Wodehouse's refusal to annex Basutoland to Natal , meditated forcing the republic to return what it had gained , and was only restrained by the opposite fear of re ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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