The Great Round World and what is Going on in it, Issue 186W. B. Harrison, 1900 |
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... Attack by the Boers and its Consequences A Premature Telephonic Message ... Possibilities of Early Peace Considered . The Only Terms which Great Britain will Allow . 258 259 260 261 261 262 262 The Famine in India and Need of Rain ...
... Attack by the Boers and its Consequences A Premature Telephonic Message ... Possibilities of Early Peace Considered . The Only Terms which Great Britain will Allow . 258 259 260 261 261 262 262 The Famine in India and Need of Rain ...
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... attack on Mafeking was made by the Boers under General Cronje , October 15 , 1899 , Colonel Baden- Powell repulsed the attack , and the Boers were sufficiently impressed by the strength of the English to determine upon a waiting game ...
... attack on Mafeking was made by the Boers under General Cronje , October 15 , 1899 , Colonel Baden- Powell repulsed the attack , and the Boers were sufficiently impressed by the strength of the English to determine upon a waiting game ...
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... over the relief of Mafeking . Influenced probably by news of the proximity of the British relief column , Commandant Eloff , who had charge of the The Last Attack on Mafeking . Boer forces investing Mafeking 260 THE GREAT ROUND WORLD.
... over the relief of Mafeking . Influenced probably by news of the proximity of the British relief column , Commandant Eloff , who had charge of the The Last Attack on Mafeking . Boer forces investing Mafeking 260 THE GREAT ROUND WORLD.
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The Last Attack on Mafeking . Boer forces investing Mafeking , made a desperate attack on the town on May 12 . At four o'clock in the morning guns began to sound on the eastern side of the town , and bullets flew fast and thick in the ...
The Last Attack on Mafeking . Boer forces investing Mafeking , made a desperate attack on the town on May 12 . At four o'clock in the morning guns began to sound on the eastern side of the town , and bullets flew fast and thick in the ...
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... the towns lost last autumn , and is preparing to attack the Boers at Laing's Nek . In the west , General Hunter has pressed the Boers back from the vicinity of Fourteen Streams . General Methuen is advan- cing 262 THE GREAT ROUND WORLD.
... the towns lost last autumn , and is preparing to attack the Boers at Laing's Nek . In the west , General Hunter has pressed the Boers back from the vicinity of Fourteen Streams . General Methuen is advan- cing 262 THE GREAT ROUND WORLD.
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