MAJUBA HILL

məjooˈbə, E KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in the Drakensberg Range. On Feb. 27, 1881, a British force of 500 was routed there by Boer (Afrikaner) troops under the command of P. J. Joubert.

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books on: Majuba Hill  - 149 results

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Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914
Book by H. L. Wesseling, Arnold J. Pomerans; Praeger, 1996
Subjects: Africa--Colonization--History--19th Century, Africa--Colonization--History--20th Century, Africa--History--1884-1918, Africa--History--To 1884, Europe--Colonies--Africa--History--19th Century, Europe--Colonies--Africa--History--20th Century
...forces brought up from Natal at Laings Nek and Majuba. The capture of Majuba "Hill of Doves" by the Boers on 27 February 1881 was their greatest victory in the war. As a result, Majuba assumed a special significance. While it was a...
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A Reader's Companion to the Fiction of Willa Cather
Book by John March, Marilyn Arnold, Debra Lynn Thornton; Greenwood Press, 1993
Subjects: Cather, Willa--1873-1947--Criticism And Interpretation--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc, Women And Literature--United States--History--20th Century--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
...LAND. In "Ardessa," OMally purchases an article called "Elephant- Shooting in Majuba Land." The setting is probably the area around Majuba and Majuba Hill in northwest Natal, South Africa. The British were defeated by the Boers at Majuba...
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Empire: The British Imperial Experience from 1765 to the Present
Book by Denis Judd; Basic Books, 1996
Subjects: Great Britain--Colonies--History--18th Century, Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th Century, Great Britain--Colonies--History--20th Century, Imperialism--History
10 THE BATTLE OF MAJUBA HILL, 1881 Bantu, Briton and Boer in South...by Afrikaner forces at the Battle of Majuba Hill on the border between Natal and...his men were driven off the summit of Majuba. British losses were ninety-three...
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The Victorian Soldier in Africa
Book by Edward M. Spiers; Manchester University Press, 2004
Subjects: Africa--History, Military--19th Century, Great Britain--Army, Great Britain--Army--History--19th Century, Great Britain--History
...1938), 9-12. 55 Fraser, 'Majuba', 115; see also PP, Further...The Only Man Who Won a V.C. at Majuba', Cheltenham Chronicle, 6 January...April 1881, p. 221; 1. Castle, Majuba 1881: The Hill of Destiny (London: Osprey...
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A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year - Vol. 3
Book by Ralph Waldo Emerson; P. F. Collier and Son, 1902
Subjects: History, Modern--19th Century
...culminated in the defeat of the British at Majuba Hill, on the 27th of February. On that...intrenched themselves at the top of Majuba Hill, overlooking the enemys position...four hundred in number, stormed Majuba Hill. General Colby was killed...
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journal articles on: Majuba Hill  - 1 result

 
 
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David Starr Jordan on the Dysgenic Effects of Dysfunctional Culture
Journal article by Ian McNish; Mankind Quarterly, Vol. 43, 2002
Subjects: Culture, Genetic engineering, Genetics, Jordan, David Starr
...those who might have been, but never were. We have been told that the glories of Blenheim, Trafalgar, Waterloo, Majuba Hill, were won by real Englishmen. And this, in fact, is the truth. There was once a time when the struggles of armies...


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magazine articles on: Majuba Hill  - 2 results

 
 
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Poetry and the Pity of War
Magazine article by Randle Manwaring; Contemporary Review, Vol. 273, November 1998
Subjects: Poets--Works, War poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...voices one by one Faded, and the hill slept. After the long Victorian...let him have a go! Whisper to him Majuba Hill, And at his chain hell pull! Theres...1881 the Boers had won a victory at Majuba Hill). Another song declared with...
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The Diary of Charlie Moses
Magazine article by Charlie Moses, Fanzjohan Pretorius, Iain R. Smith; History Today, Vol. 48, May 1998
Subjects: Moses, Charlie--Authorship, South African War, 1899-1902--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...mounting guard on the highest hills round the town. The question...myself when, on looking at the hills about 8 miles off, I saw a...see all the watchfires on the hills for miles around. I am going...anniversary of the Battle of Majuba Hill in 1881, marked a turning...


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newspaper articles on: Majuba Hill  - 14 results

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Today in History
Newspaper article; The Daily Mercury (Mackay, Australia), February 27, 2010
...Thomas Barrett becomes first person to be sentenced to death in NSW colony. * 1881 -Boers defeat British force at Majuba Hill in South Africa. * 1889 -Railroad is opened in Burma from Rangoon to Mandalay. * 1900 -British Labour Party is formed...
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A Medal Mystery as Fighting Mac's Decoration Is Sold
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 24, 2011
Subjects: Soldiers
...enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders aged 17 and was sent to South Africa in 1879. As the sole survivor of his unit at Majuba Hill, he ended up in hand-to-hand combat with the victorious Boers. Although taken prisoner, the Boer commander was...
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Reminders of the Boer War in Redcar
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), September 19, 2009
...privilege of standing on that hill (not unlike Roseberry Topping...there were more than one - is Majuba. The battle of Majuba took place in 1881 and for some...Redcar, still goes by the nam Majuba Road. The old second hole at...
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Community Calendar
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), November 19, 2011
...place at the Redcar Bowl on Majuba Road every Sunday during the...to those aged 50+ at Whale Hill Community Centre, Goathland...place every Wednesday at Abbey Hill School on Ketton Road. The...Come and play netball at Rye Hills School, Redcar Lane, between...Army, Bankfields Court. GROVE HILL: Grove Hill Methodist Church...
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Community Calendar
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), November 5, 2011
...takes place at the Redcar Bowl, on Majuba Road, every Sunday during the winter...takes place every Wednesday at Abbey Hill School on Ketton Road. The class...Army, Bankfields Court. GROVE HILL: Grove Hill Methodist Church, on the corner...
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encyclopedia articles on: Majuba Hill  - 2 results

 
 
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Majuba Hill
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MAJUBA HILL m joo b , E KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in the Drakensberg Range. On Feb. 27, 1881, a British force of 500 was routed...
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Transvaal
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...began an armed revolt against the British and proclaimed a new republic. After defeats at Laings Nek, Ingogo, and Majuba Hill (all in Feb., 1881), Britain granted the South African Republic independence. In 1883, S. J. P. Kruger (Oom...


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