The Transvaal War, 1880-81Lady Bellairs W. Blackwood and sons, 1885 - 491 páginas |
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... Night march , Safe arrival at Standerton , 95 95 CHAPTER III . THE DEFENCE OF PRETORIA , Town and country around , Military position , Martial law proclaimed , • The townspeople ordered into the military camp , Opposition of the ...
... Night march , Safe arrival at Standerton , 95 95 CHAPTER III . THE DEFENCE OF PRETORIA , Town and country around , Military position , Martial law proclaimed , • The townspeople ordered into the military camp , Opposition of the ...
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... Night sortie ,. 258 Day sortie , 259 News of reinforcements from England , 260 Union - jack made , 260 Outer communication , 261 Ruse of the enemy , 264 News of Sir George Colley's first reverse , Enemy's gun reopens , 264 265 Sunday ...
... Night sortie ,. 258 Day sortie , 259 News of reinforcements from England , 260 Union - jack made , 260 Outer communication , 261 Ruse of the enemy , 264 News of Sir George Colley's first reverse , Enemy's gun reopens , 264 265 Sunday ...
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... Night sortie , 314 Fatal act of hardihood , 315 Intrepid behaviour of some men , 315 Scarcity of water , 316 Fresh daring act by Mr Parsons , 318 Additional defences made , 318 An extemporised gun , 319 Boer gun in a fresh position ...
... Night sortie , 314 Fatal act of hardihood , 315 Intrepid behaviour of some men , 315 Scarcity of water , 316 Fresh daring act by Mr Parsons , 318 Additional defences made , 318 An extemporised gun , 319 Boer gun in a fresh position ...
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... night they sleep on the veld with no tent or covering . Men more fit for the Grenadier Guards , as to personal appearance , could not be found . " " The writer of the " Boers at Home , 18 THE TRANSVAAL WAR , 1880-81 . Characteristics of ...
... night they sleep on the veld with no tent or covering . Men more fit for the Grenadier Guards , as to personal appearance , could not be found . " " The writer of the " Boers at Home , 18 THE TRANSVAAL WAR , 1880-81 . Characteristics of ...
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... night . This farmer had remarked to the effect that , owing to the Boers regarding persons of his nationality as , like themselves , disaffected to British rule , they were less guarded and gave expression to their real opinions and ...
... night . This farmer had remarked to the effect that , owing to the Boers regarding persons of his nationality as , like themselves , disaffected to British rule , they were less guarded and gave expression to their real opinions and ...
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94th Regiment action armistice arms arrived artillery Assistant attack Blue-book Boer Commandant Boers camp Captain Sanctuary carried caused CHAP civil civilians Colley's Colonel Bellairs Colonial column Commissariat December defence despatch detachment direction district Dutch effect Elandsfontein endeavour enemy enemy's February fire flag of truce force garrison Government ground guns hill hostilities huts jail January Joubert kopje kraal Kruger laager Laing's Nek Landdrost Lieut Lieut.-Colonel Gildea Lieutenant loss Lydenburg Marabastadt March martial law ment miles military mounted infantry mounted troop mules Natal natives night Nourse's Horse occupied officer commanding Orange Free party patrols Pietermaritzburg position Potchefstroom Pretoria Pretoria Carbineers Pretoria Rifles reached received reinforcements ridge road Royal Engineers Royal Scots Fusiliers Rustenburg scouts sent Sergeant shot side siege Sir Evelyn Wood Sir George Colley skirmish soldiers soon South Africa Standerton taken tion town Transvaal volunteers waggons Wakkerstroom Winsloe wounded yards
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