War in South Africa and the Dark continent from savagery to civilization : The strange story of a weird world from the earliest ages to the present, including the war with the Boers .. . ile the latter shotbadly the Boers shot like an army of picked marksmen. But, strange to add, Ian Hamilton, now Colonel Hamilton, wasdestined to sternly avenge Majuba Hill. As will be shown in a laterchapter, Hamilton, in the recent fighting in Natal, led his gallant Gor-don Highlanders up the steep hill of Elands Lgaate, and, cheering andyelling Majuba, the Gordons captured the Boer position and, at thepoint
War in South Africa and the Dark continent from savagery to civilization : The strange story of a weird world from the earliest ages to the present, including the war with the Boers .. . ile the latter shotbadly the Boers shot like an army of picked marksmen. But, strange to add, Ian Hamilton, now Colonel Hamilton, wasdestined to sternly avenge Majuba Hill. As will be shown in a laterchapter, Hamilton, in the recent fighting in Natal, led his gallant Gor-don Highlanders up the steep hill of Elands Lgaate, and, cheering andyelling Majuba, the Gordons captured the Boer position and, at thepoint of the bayonet, put the enemy to flight. An armistice followed and then the convention was drawn up andeventually agreed to. The British troops left the Transvaal in Decem-ber, 1882, and in May, 1883, S. J. Paul Kruger was elected President ofthe Transvaal. Before entering into further details regarding the Transvaal, itmay be wise to sketch the constitution and government of that coun-try, which has been frequently mended down to January, 1897. The supreme legislative authority is vested in a parliament of twochambers, each of twenty-seven members, chosen by the districts. Bills. RECEPTION AT THE PRESIDENCY DURTNG THE BLOEMFONTEIN OF SIR ALFRED MILNER AND PRESIDENT KRUGER.
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