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… of the amaXhosa is often described in the structure of the frontier wars , which are sets of conflict from 1779-1878, in which … that would in turn lead to progress in pushing the frontier further. [26] Ngqika was particularly susceptible to …

… the Cape Colony in 1806. After the annexation the Eastern frontier of the Cape became the arena for a series of increasingly bitter land wars. In 1811 and 1812 the British expelled the Xhosa people … 1833 amendments were made to its border, sparking off the frontier war of 1834 and 1835. On 21 December 1834 the Xhosa …

… Zulu ). Just up from the Fjord, Rorke built a typical frontier home comprising of two long single-storey stone …

… 'Guides' undertook dangerous expeditions in the North-West frontier. The name 'Girl Guides' was decided upon as the …

… was past the Orange River. Baines recorded the Eighth Frontier War and became South Africa's first official war …

… to Ayliff as their source of political patronage (see Frontier Wars for more information). In reply to a letter by the Rev. …

… 330 km stretch of land. This eventually led to the Korana wars of 1869 and 1878. In 1869, the Frontier Armed and Mounted Police and a small detachment of …

… on the 17th of April 1892. The town was then a remote frontier outpost hardly fifty years old. Only in the 1880’s … the Maskew family came out here just after the Napoleonic wars, on matters concerning the English East India Company. … era when recovery in those lands following the Napoleonic wars was considerable. This had been marked both by deep …

… the British subjects from attack during the time of the Frontier Wars . The Town was laid out around a central hexagon, which … the Town Council, the purpose for which it was built. FRONTIER MUSEUM The Museum was built as a School but now …

… in the 1820's . The region was the site of frequent wars and skirmishes between the Khoisan , Xhosa , and … the region, including its Xhosa heritage and its role as a frontier town and later a part of the British Cape Colony .  …

… biking and quad biking. Located in Bethlehem is also the 'Frontier Inn and Casino'. This is a charming, Boutique Casino … entertainment, and service with a smile, characterize this frontier – themed establishment with its magnificent …

… guns on their ships greatly assisted allies waging wars on the coast. [4] Many of the towns in Sierra Leone in … the Civil Police based in Freetown; and the Sierra Leone Frontier Police, which operated as a paramilitary force to … later coalesced into the wider regional Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF). [25] The primary roles of the …

… beautiful stone buildings, many of which date back to the Frontier wars . King Williams Town has a number of interesting Museums …

… Port Elizabeth . Fort Beaufort was founded in 1822, when a frontier post was established by Lt. Col Scott. The British … back to the nineteenth century during the Napoleonic Wars . Many Martello’s were built in several different …

… England in 1793, commanded a brigade during the Napoleonic wars, fought at the Battle of Waterloo, and subsequently … a number of military roads and passes on the eastern frontier, before undertaking a pioneer study of southern … Villa. In 1851, following the outbreak of the 1850-53 frontier war, the convict camp was removed to the safety of …

… of forts that Lord Kitchener had built across the Cape frontier towards the end of the war. It's similar in style to …

… history to the narratives about the previous century's frontier wars between the Xhosa and the British colonists. He takes up …

… in British colonies and Boer republics before Union. The frontier wars of the 19th Century stripped African pastoralist farmers … men with their families living in urban areas. Between the wars, conditions in the Reserves deteriorated. Population …

… because of the De Poort Massacre, during the Third Frontier War. This delayed colonization. George Rex, arriving …

… who led an 1819 attack on Grahamstown during the Cape Frontier Wars. Population (2022 census), urban area, 97,815. Following … as the City of Saints or Makhanda, it was founded as a frontier military outpost by Lieutenant-Colonel John Graham, …

… Hintsa’s assassination . Against the backdrop of the ‘6th Frontier War’ , on the 29th of April 1835, King Hintsa … ↵ Historically constructed and referred to as the ‘frontier wars’ dating from 1779 to 1878 , this set of clashes and …

… the land but also the people themselves by force. In the wars which they fought against the Khoi and the San, the … driving them further back , as they had driven the [Xhosa] Frontier tribes.” Source: The Diary of Henry Francis Fynn, … Taking charge of the British forces during the 1834-5 Frontier War in the Eastern Cape, Smith proved himself as an …

… direct rule over the Cape Colony caused the Confederation Wars, and the later disruption of the treaty's peaceful … to 60,000 people. Thembuland also submitted troops to the Frontier Armed forces of the Cape Colony, who, in this …

… to the fact that Europe was at the end of the Napoleonic wars, and British prestige – despite the defeat of imperial … the hatred, tensions and damage that the two South African Wars had inflicted on the psyche and landscape of the … in charge of the military district that covered the SWA frontier, went over to the German side. Beyers and De Wet …

… constant oppression for various ends. We know of the many wars fought in the eastern frontier, as we do about countless others fought in the hills …

… years, been a perennial cause of conflicts, instabilities, wars and subjugation of one human being by another. It … 1800s, onwards, Western expeditions of plunder, slavery, wars of domination, colonial rule had become the lot of … matters as desertification, water management and trans-frontier conservation. Other initiatives focus on tourism, …

… unlicensed by the Colony on their coasts and overawe the frontier (Xhosa) tribes from the rear." The farmers rejoiced … superficial differences between governor, missionary and frontier farmer should melt into thin air when it was a … African society could begin to unfold, even though the wars of conquest were not yet over. In the Cape Colony the …

… with a military officer as Lieutenant- Governor near the "frontier." He suggested reinforcing the cleavage between the … Government at once to know the number and siren” of the frontier tribes. (6) "British agents to reside in Caffre land … a short-sighted and disastrous policy. It has engendered wars, in which great expenses were necessarily incurred . . . …

… livelihood - above all, of their land and cattle. The land wars of 99,1811,1819,1834and in the 'forties against the … this series of brutal aggression, robbery and rapine, the frontier Boer took fright and fled from his protector and … African. [....] Just as the British had saved the frontier farmers in the Cape ' again and again against the …

… fourteen litres) of must. May, The First Khoikhoi Dutch Wars begins. The first of a series of armed confrontations … of Cape Town and the castle in 1764 by J Rach The Cape frontier is pushed further eastward, beyond the Gamtoos River … a more aggressive policy towards the Colony's eastern frontier than Caledon. His frontier policy results in …