The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... Pretorius.2 Because of the hostility of his rivals in the Transvaal , Pretorius made another determined though clumsy and unsuccessful bid , early in 1857 , to realise his ambition for a union with the Free State . He was defeated by ...
... Pretorius.2 Because of the hostility of his rivals in the Transvaal , Pretorius made another determined though clumsy and unsuccessful bid , early in 1857 , to realise his ambition for a union with the Free State . He was defeated by ...
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... Pretorius experiment had been a failure . Union with the Transvaal was a broken reed . Even the borderers , who were the President's staunchest adherents , were disgruntled , because , instead of the forceful measures they had expected ...
... Pretorius experiment had been a failure . Union with the Transvaal was a broken reed . Even the borderers , who were the President's staunchest adherents , were disgruntled , because , instead of the forceful measures they had expected ...
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... Pretorius's plight was serious . In opening the Volksraad in 1867 he had made the humiliating confession that government was almost at a standstill for want of cash ; prices were inflated ; shopkeepers were refusing paper money . The ...
... Pretorius's plight was serious . In opening the Volksraad in 1867 he had made the humiliating confession that government was almost at a standstill for want of cash ; prices were inflated ; shopkeepers were refusing paper money . The ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari 569 | 15 |
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