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John Morley: “The action of the Boers had been defensive of the status quo, for if we had established ourselves on Majuba, their camp…”

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The action of the Boers had been defensive of the status quo, for if we had established ourselves on Majuba, their camp at Laing’s Nek would have been untenable.
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John Morley

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Morley discusses the defensive nature of the Boers' actions in relation to British military positioning.

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