The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose University Press, 1929 - 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 ...
Page 206
... military force , unshackled by a foreign war , may without risque easily and effectually accomplish " . Haud quieta ... military authority exercised by the Governor and the senior military officer in the old colonies had been precisely ...
... military force , unshackled by a foreign war , may without risque easily and effectually accomplish " . Haud quieta ... military authority exercised by the Governor and the senior military officer in the old colonies had been precisely ...
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... military operations.1 Roads fit for military purposes did not exist , and civilisation was practically confined to the railway system connecting the chief towns , Keetmanshoop , Gibeon , Rehoboth , Windhoek , the capital , and Karibib ...
... military operations.1 Roads fit for military purposes did not exist , and civilisation was practically confined to the railway system connecting the chief towns , Keetmanshoop , Gibeon , Rehoboth , Windhoek , the capital , and Karibib ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari 569 | 15 |
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