Correspondence of Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir George Cathcart, K.C.B.: Relative to His Military Operations in Kaffraria, Until the Termination of the Kafir War, and to His Measures for the Future Maintenance of Peace on that Frontier, and the Protection and Welfare of the People of South Africa |
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... carrying on the war , 102-105 . His instruc- tions to Lieut . - Governor Darling relative to an expected despatch on the subject of the Constitution , 132-134 . His instructions on receipt of the said despatch , 135 , 136. His views ...
... carrying on the war , 102-105 . His instruc- tions to Lieut . - Governor Darling relative to an expected despatch on the subject of the Constitution , 132-134 . His instructions on receipt of the said despatch , 135 , 136. His views ...
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... carried through without any altera- tion at one sitting without difficulty , and in a satisfactory manner . 11. As I intend to embark this afternoon on board Her Ma- jesty's steam ship " Styx , " to proceed to the Buffalo , and thence ...
... carried through without any altera- tion at one sitting without difficulty , and in a satisfactory manner . 11. As I intend to embark this afternoon on board Her Ma- jesty's steam ship " Styx , " to proceed to the Buffalo , and thence ...
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... carried off their booty and lodged it in security , be- yond the possibility of rescue , in their impenetrable recepta- cles for such stolen property . At the same time , further south , and also within the colony , the petty Chiefs ...
... carried off their booty and lodged it in security , be- yond the possibility of rescue , in their impenetrable recepta- cles for such stolen property . At the same time , further south , and also within the colony , the petty Chiefs ...
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... carried on , has also kept it now for some months entirely untenanted except by the troops ; the Chiefs Sandilli and Macomo , with some ten or twelve attached followers , pertinaciously lurked for some weeks in its recesses , but were ...
... carried on , has also kept it now for some months entirely untenanted except by the troops ; the Chiefs Sandilli and Macomo , with some ten or twelve attached followers , pertinaciously lurked for some weeks in its recesses , but were ...
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... carrying into effect mea- sures in respect to the future government of those countries which I believe to be now seriously contemplated by Her Majesty's Government . Before entering the territory , I duly proclaimed that I came to ...
... carrying into effect mea- sures in respect to the future government of those countries which I believe to be now seriously contemplated by Her Majesty's Government . Before entering the territory , I duly proclaimed that I came to ...
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