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Identifier<\/b>: battlesofninetee06forb
Title<\/b>: Battles of the nineteenth century<\/a>
Year<\/b>: 1901<\/a> (1900s<\/a>)
Authors<\/b>: Forbes, Archibald, 1838-1900<\/a> Atteridge, A. Hilliard (Andrew Hilliard)<\/a>
Subjects<\/b>: Battles<\/a> Military history, Modern<\/a>
Publisher<\/b>: London <\/a> New York : Cassell and Company<\/a>
Contributing Library<\/b>: University of California Libraries<\/a>
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and at two oclockLord Roberts made his formal entr-, and theBritish flag was hoisted on the Parliament House.The victorious army then marched past in frontof it, the Guards leading, and it was three hoursbefore the long procession had gone by. So ended the second stage of the Boer war.The first had closed when Kimberley andLadsmith were rescued and the Boer invadersretired from the north of Cape Colony. In thesecond, the capitals of the two republics hadbeen occupied. It was four months from thedeclaration of war to the day when Frenchscavalry crossed the Free State frontier on theflank march to Kimberley. In a few days lessthan four months more Lord Roberts hadadvanced to Pretoria. Before hostilities began,those who knew South Africa best had predictedthat the most difficult period of the war wouldbe after the occupation of Pretoria, when theburghers, avoiding great battles, would haverecourse to a harassing guerilla warfare. Thatthird period of the conflict was now about tobegin.<\/i><\/p>\n
MASb .MEETING IS CAPE TOWN (iN FRONT OF THE TOWN HAI.I.) AKFIRMINi; THENEED OF ANNEXING THE REPUni.ICS, APRIL 3, 19OO. {,rhr;i ? Mr. C. Ray Woods, Cape Town.) CHRONOLOGY OF THE BOER WAR UP TO THEFALL OF PRETORIA. 1899. June I.\u2014First sitting of the Bloemfontein Conference,where Sir A. Milner met President Kruger todiscuss tlie Transvaal question \u2014the Conferencewas brolien off without coming to any conclusion. \u201e 9.\u2014The Volksraad adopted President Krugersfranchise proposals. ,, 14.\u2014Papers setting forth the grievances of Out-landers were published.July 3.\u2014The Volksraad instructed Transvaal Govern-ment to frame a law providing for an increasedParliamentary representation. ,, 8.\u2014Revised Boer proposals were published. ,, 13.\u2014Full text of Transvaal Franchise Bill published. ,, 18.\u2014The Volksraad reduced retrospective qualify-ing term for franchise from 9 to 7 years, andannounced pending abolition of dynamitemonopoly. \u201e 22.\u2014Mr. Schreiner telegraphed President Krugeru<\/i><\/p>\n
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