A Century of Empire, 1801-1900, Tập 3E. Arnold, 1911 |
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action affairs annexation appointed army attack Bill Boers Bradlaugh Brigade Britain Buller Cabinet Cabul campaign Candahar Cape Colony Chamberlain CHAP chief Churchill's Colenso colleagues Colonel Colonial Office column command committee conference Conservative crime declared defeat Disraeli Egypt Egyptian election Empire enemy England favour force French garrison Gladstone Gladstone's Gordon guns Hartington Home Rule honour House of Commons India Ireland Irish members January June Khartum Khedive Kimberley Krüger Ladysmith leader Liberal-Unionists London Lord Granville Lord Hartington Lord Randolph Churchill Lord Rosebery Lord Salisbury majority Mamlûks March ment miles ministry Morley Morley's Gladstone Natal nation never Northcote Opposition Orange Parliament Parnell Parnell's Parnellites Pasha Pretoria Prime Minister Queen question Radical railway received recognised Redvers Buller Republic resignation Rhodes River Russian Salisbury's sent Soudan South Africa speech Spion Kop tion took Tory Transvaal treaty troops Uitlanders Unionist vote W. H. Smith wounded Zulus
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