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Gov. George Napier wants to cut off the Voortrekkers from the harbour in Port Natal and sends Capt. Smith with 125 men by land
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South African History Online. (2012, May 3). Gov. George Napier wants to cut off the Voortrekkers from the harbour in Port Natal and sends Capt. Smith with 125 men by land. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082538
South African History Online (2012) 'Gov. George Napier wants to cut off the Voortrekkers from the harbour in Port Natal and sends Capt. Smith with 125 men by land', South African History Online, 3 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082538 (Accessed: 9 September 2026).
South African History Online, Gov. George Napier wants to cut off the Voortrekkers from the harbour in Port Natal and sends Capt. Smith with 125 men by land [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082538, (accessed 9 September 2026).
"Gov. George Napier wants to cut off the Voortrekkers from the harbour in Port Natal and sends Capt. Smith with 125 men by land." South African History Online, 3 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082538. Accessed 9 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Gov. George Napier wants to cut off the Voortrekkers from the harbour in Port Natal and sends Capt. Smith with 125 men by land." South African History Online. May 3, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082538.
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