History of the Cape Colony before 1806 Reinet. The Netherlands fell to the French army under the leadership of Napoléon Bonaparte in 1795. Reacting to the weakness of the Dutch East India Company holdings, a British army under General Sir James Henry Craig set out for Cape Town to secure the colony for the Stadtholder Prince William V of Orange against the French. The governor of Cape Town refused at first to obey any instructions from the prince, but after the British threatened to use force, he capitulated. The boers of Graaff Reinet did not surrender until an army had been sent against them, and in 1799
What Became of the Likely Lads (EP) What Became of the Likely Lads (EP) What Became of the Likely Lads is a US-only 7 track EP released by British band The Libertines in 2005, following their split the year before. The record consists of an alternative version of "What Became of the Likely Lads" to the one released as a single from "The Libertines" album in 2004. It also contains said album version, without the hidden track known as "France" that can be heard after a period of silence following the end of the song on the 2004 album, and an alternative version of "Don't Look Back