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, Band 10Western Press Assoc., 1914 |
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... troops at Delagoa Bay . It was known that the reorganization of the Transvaal forces was being placed in German hands . The Transvaal gave secret advantages to German firms , in defiance of the terms of the London Convention of 1884 ...
... troops at Delagoa Bay . It was known that the reorganization of the Transvaal forces was being placed in German hands . The Transvaal gave secret advantages to German firms , in defiance of the terms of the London Convention of 1884 ...
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... troops were ordered immediately to their colors , while General Sir Redvers Henry Buller was appointed to the chief command of the British forces in South Africa . A state of war practically existed for several days before the final ...
... troops were ordered immediately to their colors , while General Sir Redvers Henry Buller was appointed to the chief command of the British forces in South Africa . A state of war practically existed for several days before the final ...
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... troops then in South Africa three to one . Thus the war was declared and begun by the Transvaal , and not by Great Britain . It was begun with the invasion of the British colonies of South Africa by the Boers , and not by the invasion ...
... troops then in South Africa three to one . Thus the war was declared and begun by the Transvaal , and not by Great Britain . It was begun with the invasion of the British colonies of South Africa by the Boers , and not by the invasion ...
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... troops to South Africa from England and British India ; while Canada , Australia , New Zealand and other British colonies were showing their loyalty to the Mother Country by offering their contingents to uphold the flag of the British ...
... troops to South Africa from England and British India ; while Canada , Australia , New Zealand and other British colonies were showing their loyalty to the Mother Country by offering their contingents to uphold the flag of the British ...
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... troops of the Gloucester Regiment , to take up a position in the hills on his left , or southern flank , and to march up Bell's Spruit and seize Nichol- son's Nek for the purpose of turning the Boers ' right flank . When this British ...
... troops of the Gloucester Regiment , to take up a position in the hills on his left , or southern flank , and to march up Bell's Spruit and seize Nichol- son's Nek for the purpose of turning the Boers ' right flank . When this British ...
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Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 4767 - An Act declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, and settling the Succession of the Crown.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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...