THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT AT GRAAFF REINET (1856-1882)
The history of Graaff Reinet provides the earliest examples of civil defence in South Africa, for it was here that the early settlers established the commando system in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Frontier Wars [1779-81, 1793 and 1799-1803]. Subsequently in the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Frontier Wars, the patt...
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| Language: | Afrikaans |
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Stellenbosch University
2012-02-01
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| Series: | Scientia Militaria |
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| Online Access: | http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/954 |