Library of World History: Containing a Record of the Human Race from the Earliest Historical Period to the Present Time; Embracing a General Survey of the Progress of Mankind in National and Social Life, Civil Government, Religion, Literature, Science and Art, Bind 10Western Press Assoc., 1914 |
Fra bogen
Resultater 1-5 af 36
Side 4437
... successful over the British , but finally were defeated , and direct British sovereignty was extended over Natal in 1843 , which then was declared a British colony for the peace , protection and salutary control of all classes of men ...
... successful over the British , but finally were defeated , and direct British sovereignty was extended over Natal in 1843 , which then was declared a British colony for the peace , protection and salutary control of all classes of men ...
Side 4462
... successful , in defiance of the treaties of 1881 and 1884 and of British intervention . In 1887 the Boers made a third raid into the neighboring territory Raid into by invading Swaziland , whose independence was guaranteed by the London ...
... successful , in defiance of the treaties of 1881 and 1884 and of British intervention . In 1887 the Boers made a third raid into the neighboring territory Raid into by invading Swaziland , whose independence was guaranteed by the London ...
Side 4479
... successful reconnoissance and that on the 3d a British detachment under General Brocklehurst engaged the Boers south - west of Ladysmith for several hours with a small British loss . Fuller accounts of these actions were received ...
... successful reconnoissance and that on the 3d a British detachment under General Brocklehurst engaged the Boers south - west of Ladysmith for several hours with a small British loss . Fuller accounts of these actions were received ...
Side 4483
... successful sortie against the besieging Boers . The Boers retired from Estcourt about this time , and the railway was reopened . On November 23d there was a skirmish south of Estcourt between the British force under General Hildyard and ...
... successful sortie against the besieging Boers . The Boers retired from Estcourt about this time , and the railway was reopened . On November 23d there was a skirmish south of Estcourt between the British force under General Hildyard and ...
Side 4484
... successful sortie from Ladysmith , stormed a hill at Lombardskop , silenced several Boer cannon and captured a Maxim gun . Three Great British Reverses . General We are now entering on a period of British reverses lasting over two ...
... successful sortie from Ladysmith , stormed a hill at Lombardskop , silenced several Boer cannon and captured a Maxim gun . Three Great British Reverses . General We are now entering on a period of British reverses lasting over two ...
Almindelige termer og sætninger
66 Battle allies American ammunition April army artillery attacked August Austria Bloemfontein Boer force bombarded Britain British British loss Buller cannon Cape Colony captured Charles China Chinese civil Colonel command conquest Death December declared defeated Duke Dutch elected Emperor Empire England English February fighting fleet foreign France Frederick French garrison German Henry House invasion Ireland island January Japan Japanese John July June killed and wounded Kimberley King kingdom Korea laager Ladysmith land Lord Kitchener Lord Methuen Lord Roberts Louis Louis Botha Mafeking Majesty Manchuria March ment miles military Minister Natal November occupied October officers Orange Free Orange River Colony Parliament peace Pekin person Port Arthur President Krüger Pretoria Prince prisoners Queen railway Republic repulsed retreat Roman Russian Scotland September siege South Africa Spain surrender thousand Tien-tsin tion torpedo-boats Transvaal Transvaal Republic treaty Uitlanders Union United vaal victory wagons William
Populære passager
Side 4799 - ... commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and...
Side 4784 - No person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Side 4804 - Will it not be their wisdom to rely for the preservation of these advantages on the UNION by which the}' were procured ? Will they not henceforth be deaf to those advisers, if such there are, who would sever them from their brethren, and connect them with aliens ? To the efficacy and permanency of your Union, a Government for the whole is indispensable.
Side 4791 - Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-Président; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-Président of the United States.
Side 4795 - States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of DIVINE PROVIDENCE, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
Side 4805 - It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution, in those intrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another.
Side 4767 - An Act declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, and settling the Succession of the Crown.
Side 4799 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Side 4800 - The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the Executive Government of the United States, being not far distant, and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially...
Side 4765 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, no person born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, or Ireland, or the dominions thereunto belonging (although he be naturalised orinade a denizen, except such as are born of English parents), shall be capable to be of the Privy Council, or a Member of either House of Parliament...