MAJUBA (properly AMAJUBA, Zulu for "t...
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Originally appearing in Volume
V17,
Page 451
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
MAJUBA (properly AMAJUBA, Zulu for "the See also: - HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
mountain in northern Natal, part of the Drakensberg range,rising about 7000 ft. above the sea and over 2000 ft. above the level of the surrounding country
.
It overlooks the pass through the Drakensberg known as Laing's Nek, is 8 m
.
S. of the Transvaal border and 18 m
.
N. of the town of Newcastle
.
The railway from Durban to Johannesburg skirts the base of the mountain
.
During the Boer War of 188o-81 Majuba was occupied on the night of the 26th of February 1881 by some 600 British troops under Sir George Pomeroy Colley
.
On the following morriing the See also: - HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
was stormed by the Boers under Piet Joubert and the British routed, Colley being among the slain
.
End of Article: MAJUBA (properly AMAJUBA, Zulu for "the hill of doves")
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