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Title: From 1800 to 1900. The wonderful story of the century; its progress and achievements ..
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Morris, Charles, 1833-1922
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., A.B. Kuhlman Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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success was won. In May Roberts put hismen again in motion, the Vaal River was passed and the Transvaal entered,and the mining city of Johannesburg fell without a blow. With it the goldmines, the impelling motive of the war, and which it was feared would beblown up and destroyed, were won. Finally Pretoria, the Transvaal capital,which was said to be strongly fortified and abundantly provisioned, andwhere the last dying struggle of Paul Kruger and his countrymen waslooked for, fell into British hands, the Boers and their governmenttaking precipitately to flight. This, however, did not bring the war to an end. The Boers began anactive <merilla warfare, under General DeWet and other daring leaders,made a bold invasion of Cape Colony, and captured several British detach-ments. At the close of the century the contest actively continued. Yet, inview of the greatly superior British army, there seemed no hope of finalsuccess and the preservation of the independence of the Boer republics. !
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