The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Том 192A. Constable, 1900 |
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... Boers across the Tugela . These must not be confused with the actual invasion of Natal by the Boers which considerably preceded the battle of Colenso . It refers only to certain attempted movements which never attained to any im ...
... Boers across the Tugela . These must not be confused with the actual invasion of Natal by the Boers which considerably preceded the battle of Colenso . It refers only to certain attempted movements which never attained to any im ...
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... Boers would have the ground suitable to them , where with hundreds they can stop thousands . Even if , after heavy losses , superior num- bers had slowly pushed them back , the English would some day find themselves before the works of ...
... Boers would have the ground suitable to them , where with hundreds they can stop thousands . Even if , after heavy losses , superior num- bers had slowly pushed them back , the English would some day find themselves before the works of ...
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... Boers might check these on the march , without , however , stopping them , so that by the middle of the year the occupation of the Orange State might be effected . " Then , of course , the offensive against Pretoria would have to follow ...
... Boers might check these on the march , without , however , stopping them , so that by the middle of the year the occupation of the Orange State might be effected . " Then , of course , the offensive against Pretoria would have to follow ...
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... Boers , and everything points to their making good use of their chances . ' In the east the English main army is still near the Tugela river . For weeks they have not been disturbed there by the Boers . Taking into account the cautious ...
... Boers , and everything points to their making good use of their chances . ' In the east the English main army is still near the Tugela river . For weeks they have not been disturbed there by the Boers . Taking into account the cautious ...
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... Boers and 60 well - served and horsed pieces of ordnance ten martial bodies can be formed , which , like swarms of wasps , will fall upon the enemy's front , flank , and rear , and , owing to their knowledge of the ground , disappear ...
... Boers and 60 well - served and horsed pieces of ordnance ten martial bodies can be formed , which , like swarms of wasps , will fall upon the enemy's front , flank , and rear , and , owing to their knowledge of the ground , disappear ...
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