The Transvaal War, 1880-81Lady Bellairs W. Blackwood and sons, 1885 - 491 páginas |
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... beyond the reach of the patrols . A builder was suspected of having placed horses at the disposal of two soldiers , which enabled them to reach a CHAP . village , a hundred miles off , where THE ORIGIN OF THE BOER REVOLT . 35.
... beyond the reach of the patrols . A builder was suspected of having placed horses at the disposal of two soldiers , which enabled them to reach a CHAP . village , a hundred miles off , where THE ORIGIN OF THE BOER REVOLT . 35.
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... patrols , had reason to suspect that a deserter was harboured in a certain farmhouse , which he insisted on entering . When the door was opened , only the daughter of the house could he seen ; but presently , looking up the chimney , he ...
... patrols , had reason to suspect that a deserter was harboured in a certain farmhouse , which he insisted on entering . When the door was opened , only the daughter of the house could he seen ; but presently , looking up the chimney , he ...
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... patrols from the Paarde Kraal camp had Boer Gov- been met by our scouts within twenty - five miles of established Pretoria ; but on the 16th a large portion of their berg . forces had moved on Heidelberg , where their Govern- ment took ...
... patrols from the Paarde Kraal camp had Boer Gov- been met by our scouts within twenty - five miles of established Pretoria ; but on the 16th a large portion of their berg . forces had moved on Heidelberg , where their Govern- ment took ...
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... patrols - the last message received from thence in Pretoria . Hostilities had commenced on that date ; the enemy occupied the town , whilst the troops were restricted to the camp 1 Colonel Bellairs , in his observations made on the ...
... patrols - the last message received from thence in Pretoria . Hostilities had commenced on that date ; the enemy occupied the town , whilst the troops were restricted to the camp 1 Colonel Bellairs , in his observations made on the ...
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... patrols , and reach Newcastle on the 24th , when Mr Leathern despatched a telegram he had been in- trusted with , the remaining papers being taken on to Pietermaritzburg.1 Mr Leathern thus fully justified the confidence which had been ...
... patrols , and reach Newcastle on the 24th , when Mr Leathern despatched a telegram he had been in- trusted with , the remaining papers being taken on to Pietermaritzburg.1 Mr Leathern thus fully justified the confidence which had been ...
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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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