AFRICANWARSANDWHITEINVADERS
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River Valley , 1819·1829
Ceded Territory 1819
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:Province of Queen Adelaide , 1835·1837
District of Victoria , 1847
. . . : Province of Queen Adela ide, 1835- 1837
.. British Kaffrar ia, 1847
3. Xhosa land losses. 1795-1850
strength, the Xhosa allies invaded the colony in 1819 and made a frontal
attack on the new garrison town of Grahamstown
in the heart of the
Zuurveld. After barely surviving that attack, the colonial forces gained the
upper hand. The government then annexed the territory between the Fish
and the Keiskamma, indicating that it was to be a "neutral belt," keeping
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