The Encyclopedia Americana: The International Reference Work, Volume 8Americana Corporation, 1960 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 288
... British forces and captured a number of prisoners . The British exacted a large indem- nity from the city ; but as they were anxious to develop its commercial possibilities and win over the inhabitants , the British occupation , which ...
... British forces and captured a number of prisoners . The British exacted a large indem- nity from the city ; but as they were anxious to develop its commercial possibilities and win over the inhabitants , the British occupation , which ...
Page 606
... British - built railroad from Lourenço Marques to Pretoria . DE LA MARE , de là mâr ' , Walter ( John ) , British poet and novelist : b . Charlton , Kent , England , April 25 , 1873 ; d . Twickenham , June 22 , 1956. Educated at St ...
... British - built railroad from Lourenço Marques to Pretoria . DE LA MARE , de là mâr ' , Walter ( John ) , British poet and novelist : b . Charlton , Kent , England , April 25 , 1873 ; d . Twickenham , June 22 , 1956. Educated at St ...
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... British Common- wealth . - Canada , Australia , and New Zealand , lacking the serious racial problems of certain other British colonies and having no traditional hereditary aristocracies , were able to make demo- cratic use of ...
... British Common- wealth . - Canada , Australia , and New Zealand , lacking the serious racial problems of certain other British colonies and having no traditional hereditary aristocracies , were able to make demo- cratic use of ...
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