. British Malaya: an account of the origin and progress of British influence in Malaya; with a specially compiled map, numerous illustrations reproduced from photographs and a frontispiece in photogravure. THE STRAITS FROM 1867-73 109 recent war in South Africa, when the two main chargesagainst England were, that she had, without provocation,attacked an inoffensive people, in order to possess theircountry and deprive them of independence ; and, secondly,that it was a disgrace to British arms that the struggleshould have lasted so long as it did. The last that hasbeen heard of Dutch military op
. British Malaya: an account of the origin and progress of British influence in Malaya; with a specially compiled map, numerous illustrations reproduced from photographs and a frontispiece in photogravure. THE STRAITS FROM 1867-73 109 recent war in South Africa, when the two main chargesagainst England were, that she had, without provocation,attacked an inoffensive people, in order to possess theircountry and deprive them of independence ; and, secondly,that it was a disgrace to British arms that the struggleshould have lasted so long as it did. The last that hasbeen heard of Dutch military operations in Achin wasthe slaughter of many hundreds of women and children,and the explanation given was that they were thrust tothe front by the men, who sheltered themselves behindthem, and, in any case, that the women were as desperatefighters as the men. If the last statement be true, it isa very significant testimony to the state of feeling of theAchinese, that their women should join the ranks and die,with their children, in hundreds, under the bullets of anenemy. It would probably be difficult to find a parallelin all Malay history. This is not the place to discuss the acquisition of theDutch
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