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... passed and sorely needed reforms were tardily adopted ; but there was no attempt to gauge the military needs of the Empire - then moderate compared with present requirements . In 1857 the nation was face to face with another crisis ...
... passed and sorely needed reforms were tardily adopted ; but there was no attempt to gauge the military needs of the Empire - then moderate compared with present requirements . In 1857 the nation was face to face with another crisis ...
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... passed in honour , ' wrote the Duke of Wellington in 1845. I hope the Almighty may protect me from being a witness of the tragedy which I cannot persuade my contemporaries to take measures to avert . ' If the plain warning which we have ...
... passed in honour , ' wrote the Duke of Wellington in 1845. I hope the Almighty may protect me from being a witness of the tragedy which I cannot persuade my contemporaries to take measures to avert . ' If the plain warning which we have ...
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... passed into the Landsturm it is enough for the citizen to attend one long day's parade annually to show that he has his weapons in good order , and has not forgotten how to use 6 them . It will be seen at once that the 1900 THE MILITARY ...
... passed into the Landsturm it is enough for the citizen to attend one long day's parade annually to show that he has his weapons in good order , and has not forgotten how to use 6 them . It will be seen at once that the 1900 THE MILITARY ...
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... passed to legalise the use of the Dutch language in the Cape Parliament , although the Raads of the Transvaal and Free State would never have dreamt of allowing the use of English in their debates . In 1883 the Bond captured the Cape ...
... passed to legalise the use of the Dutch language in the Cape Parliament , although the Raads of the Transvaal and Free State would never have dreamt of allowing the use of English in their debates . In 1883 the Bond captured the Cape ...
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... passed through the great crisis of his life with unstained personal honour will be amply vindicated ... As I do not write as a politician desiring to score off an adversary , but simply as an ordinary citizen of South Africa , trying to ...
... passed through the great crisis of his life with unstained personal honour will be amply vindicated ... As I do not write as a politician desiring to score off an adversary , but simply as an ordinary citizen of South Africa , trying to ...
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