My Command in South Africa, 1874-1878: Comprising Experiences of Travel in the Colonies of South Africa and the Independent States |
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... fire poisoned arrows at the invaders . They do not seem to understand that their opponents can have any other wish than to destroy them , so that , like wild animals , they fight to the last . They have been hunted like game by the ...
... fire poisoned arrows at the invaders . They do not seem to understand that their opponents can have any other wish than to destroy them , so that , like wild animals , they fight to the last . They have been hunted like game by the ...
Page xi
... fire - arms . There was a law in the colony for- bidding the acquisition of arms by natives without a special permit , to be given in those cases only in which the magistrate empowered to do so was personally acquainted with the cha ...
... fire - arms . There was a law in the colony for- bidding the acquisition of arms by natives without a special permit , to be given in those cases only in which the magistrate empowered to do so was personally acquainted with the cha ...
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... fire until they were attacked , thereby giving the enemy an undue advantage , of which they showed that they were well able to avail themselves . The result of these errors was confusion , valuable lives uselessly expended , the advance ...
... fire until they were attacked , thereby giving the enemy an undue advantage , of which they showed that they were well able to avail themselves . The result of these errors was confusion , valuable lives uselessly expended , the advance ...
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... fire- arms had not as yet become general , and the want of success which attended this first demonstration boded ill for the na- tives . Cetewayo ( pronounced Ketchwyo ) , the Zulu King , was on good terms with the English , having been ...
... fire- arms had not as yet become general , and the want of success which attended this first demonstration boded ill for the na- tives . Cetewayo ( pronounced Ketchwyo ) , the Zulu King , was on good terms with the English , having been ...
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... fire had recently destroyed many of the old houses at Stellenbosh , nor is it likely that any great increase to the town will now take place . Speculation and investment are taking a wider range towards the east , hundreds of miles from ...
... fire had recently destroyed many of the old houses at Stellenbosh , nor is it likely that any great increase to the town will now take place . Speculation and investment are taking a wider range towards the east , hundreds of miles from ...
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