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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... month of April and beginning of May . At that time the army at my disposal had been employed in most active and harassing expeditions or patrols , without intermission , for fifteen months , and they were not in a state to resume active ...
... month of April and beginning of May . At that time the army at my disposal had been employed in most active and harassing expeditions or patrols , without intermission , for fifteen months , and they were not in a state to resume active ...
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... month of August it was accomplished , with a capture of 10,000 head of cattle . A In order to stimulate the energies of the colony , and show to the Chief Kreili that , independent of Her Majesty's forces , there was a power in the ...
... month of August it was accomplished , with a capture of 10,000 head of cattle . A In order to stimulate the energies of the colony , and show to the Chief Kreili that , independent of Her Majesty's forces , there was a power in the ...
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... months have elapsed , ) not a single Kafir or rebel Hottentot has attempted to harbour there , and scarcely an instance of cattle stealing has occurred in the neighbouring districts , which had so long and severely suffered from this ...
... months have elapsed , ) not a single Kafir or rebel Hottentot has attempted to harbour there , and scarcely an instance of cattle stealing has occurred in the neighbouring districts , which had so long and severely suffered from this ...
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... months ; but the Gaika race are not , and cannot be , exterminated , even if that should be required ; some , no ... month's campaign , and , as subsequent occupation in force to maintain this advan- tage would be out of the question ...
... months ; but the Gaika race are not , and cannot be , exterminated , even if that should be required ; some , no ... month's campaign , and , as subsequent occupation in force to maintain this advan- tage would be out of the question ...
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... months , to an extent unknown for many years ; but it is also true that the Gaika race , originally amounting to some 27,000 souls , though expa- triated , dispersed , and subdued , still live somewhere , though they are nowhere to be ...
... months , to an extent unknown for many years ; but it is also true that the Gaika race , originally amounting to some 27,000 souls , though expa- triated , dispersed , and subdued , still live somewhere , though they are nowhere to be ...
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12th Lancers Amatolas appointed Basutos Beaufort British Kaffraria burghers Caledon River camp Cape Corps Cape Mounted Riflemen Cape Town Captain cavalry Chief Commissioner Chief Kreili Chief Moshesh Chief Sandilli circumstances Civil Commissioner Colonel colonists colony command Commander-in-Chief copy Council despatch detachment duty enclosed enemy established Excellency the Governor Excellency's farms Fingoes Fish River force former Fort Beaufort Gaika GEORGE CATHCART Graham's Town head of cattle High Commissioner honour hope Hottentots inhabitants intended Kafirs Keiskamma King William's Town kloofs Kroome land levies Lieut.-General Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre Line Drift Maclean Macomo Majesty's Government Majesty's troops marauders martial law measures ment military Mosuto mountain mounted occasion occupation officer Orange River territory Pakington patrol peace permanent police possession proclamation Queen rebel Hottentots rebellion Regiment render Resident respect Royal Secretary settlement Seyolo Signed Siwani sufficient T'Slambie Tambookies Temacha tion tribes Uithaalder Victoria Waterkloof
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