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... utter discontent with British government . The real cause of this is not far to seek . When they ( the Boers ) first entered Natal , they had found it depopulated ; and before the British had come into possession of the country , the ...
... utter discontent with British government . The real cause of this is not far to seek . When they ( the Boers ) first entered Natal , they had found it depopulated ; and before the British had come into possession of the country , the ...
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... utterly reject the exaggera- tion with which they have been described , and the inferences of utter disorganisation and danger which have been drawn from them . " We deny the inference which has been drawn from the failure to dislodge a ...
... utterly reject the exaggera- tion with which they have been described , and the inferences of utter disorganisation and danger which have been drawn from them . " We deny the inference which has been drawn from the failure to dislodge a ...
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... utter doubt and trepidation , fairly bolted . The Kafirs , after the retreat from Secocoeni's town , felt much as the lion did , and consequently were not dangerous to the Transvaal . The Boers , who are well aware of this fact , feel ...
... utter doubt and trepidation , fairly bolted . The Kafirs , after the retreat from Secocoeni's town , felt much as the lion did , and consequently were not dangerous to the Transvaal . The Boers , who are well aware of this fact , feel ...
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... utterly , and as the main body had to encamp on the river , I was left with twenty - four men to guard the wreck . This was my first real duty in Kafirland . I got the men into a safe place , where , lying four yards apart , in a sort.
... utterly , and as the main body had to encamp on the river , I was left with twenty - four men to guard the wreck . This was my first real duty in Kafirland . I got the men into a safe place , where , lying four yards apart , in a sort.
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... utter discomfiture of a few of the enemy who were prematurely rejoicing at our retirement . As the troop was forming , Windvogel , with an enormous assegai ( javelin ) , executed with his followers a war - dance , within easy range of ...
... utter discomfiture of a few of the enemy who were prematurely rejoicing at our retirement . As the troop was forming , Windvogel , with an enormous assegai ( javelin ) , executed with his followers a war - dance , within easy range of ...
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