Excerpt from South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 of 6: From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 Dutch domination at the Cape lasted for 143 years after the landing of Van Riebeek, but gradually internal dissensions among the settlers resulted in absolute revolt. Meanwhile the Dutch in Europe had lost their political prestige, and the country was overrun by a Prussian army' commissioned to support the House of Orange. In 1793, in a war against allied England and Holland, France gained ...
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Excerpt from South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 of 6: From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 Dutch domination at the Cape lasted for 143 years after the landing of Van Riebeek, but gradually internal dissensions among the settlers resulted in absolute revolt. Meanwhile the Dutch in Europe had lost their political prestige, and the country was overrun by a Prussian army' commissioned to support the House of Orange. In 1793, in a war against allied England and Holland, France gained the day, and a Republic was set up under French protection, thereby rendering Holland and her colonies of necessity antagonistic to Great Britain. After this the fortunes of the Cape were fluctuating. In 1795 Admiral Elphinstone and General Craig brought about the surrender of the colony to Great Britain. Later on it was returned to the Batavian Republic at the Peace Of Amiens, only to be afterwards recaptured by Sir David Baird in 1806. Finally, in 1814, our claim to the Cape and other Dutch colonies was recognised on payment of the sum of g sterling. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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