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... cause, you all know the Transvaal rebelled from that annexation. In 1881 annexation was given up and the Transvaal was rendered a quasiindependent State, but as to what took place in 1881 I have not the smallest hesitation in saying that the conduct of the ...
... local significance the fact that the so-called Transvaal meeting hsld at tbe Music Hall, on the 14th of starch. 1881, was so packed by the pro-Boer party that those who believed the unretrieved British defeats would ultimately lead to greater difficulties ...
... guns, were second to those of the Boers, being bad and very inferior in regard to range as compared to the guns of the Boers, in addition to throwing two kinds of shell only as against three kinds thrown by the Boer guns. As to the rifles, he could assure ...
... out to clear away the Boers from the line of communication. When the message was despatched from Newcastle heavy firing was heard in the direction of the camp. AN ULTIMATUM TO BOERS. Sir George Oolley sent an ultimatum to the Boers, milling upon the insurgents ...
... annexed the country. This short-sighted act of aggression was most deeply resented. The Boers armed and drilled tbeiuselres for three years, and at last, in 1881, began the war of Independence by massacring a company of the 94th Regiment at Bronkhorse ...
... THE BOERS AND THEIR COUNTRY A OF MOM iII*TOOT. The Boors of the Transvaal (Fars the writer of as instructive &rt el. in the Daily Graphic) are the descendants, mainly, of the Dutch area Jiluguenot Cops Colonists from whom we took Cape Awn in, fi rst of ...
... to the Boers would be consi- ea Being made to the Boers to ask apparen terms were; and that, after a certain fined her ’s Government were so anxious lay hed their in Matter that had to the Boers for an and bad to name gioners at the of the Boers to mect ...
... THE YEAR 1881. The events of the year 1881, both at home and abroad, will render the year a memorable one. At home Irish affairs must occupy the chief place in any review of the occurrences of the past twelve months. The condition of that country, which ...
... the resident Boers on his journey. The murder of Captain Elliott has greatly added to the general excitement and indignation. Forty-nine men of the 94th, survivors of the meelacrA, have arrived at Harrismith on ther way down. A number of Boers, commanded ...
... THE YEAR 1881. The bells which sound the knell of 1881 will ring ont one of the most troubled and stormy yeara of onr modern records. From its commencement to its close it has been a time of agitation, anxiety, and disappointment. Most of the leading ...
... within certain limits, shall be severed from the Transvaal. 8. Boers withdraw from the Nek, and disperse to heir homes. _ . . 9. —__ British garrisons remain until final settlement 10. The Boers having engaged an above, Sir E. Wood promises not to advance ...
... Office, dated Newcastle, 3rd way, and any who paused would hare been knocked down by the lush. Had all, when the March, 1881, 7.40 p.m. Boers bunt through, trusted only to the bayonet, their RETURN or CAMIALTIES IN ACTION AT ABAJCBA chance would bare been far ...