Christiaan Rudolf de Wet The Boer Guerilla Leader
The Battle of Paardeberg or Perdeberg ("Horse Mountain", 18-27 February 1900) was a major battle during the Second Anglo-Boer War. It was fought near Paardeberg Drift on the banks of the Modder River in the Orange Free State near Kimberley .
Statue of Christiaan Rudolph de Wet, a famous Boer leader, at the 4th Raadsaal monument in
Christiaan Rudolf de Wet (Chrisjan de Wet, 7 October 1854 - 3 February 1922) was a Boer general, rebel leader and politician.
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Christiaan De Wet and the Rebellion in the Orange Free State โ. Of the 11,476 Afrikaners who took up arms, 7,123 (62 percent) came from the Orange Free State. Were it not for the firebrand De Wet, the extent of the revolt in the Union's central province would probably have been much smaller.
General Christiaan de Wet (18541922). General de Wet fought for Transvaal in the Second Boer
General Christiaan Rudolph de Wet was a Boer soldier and statesman, regarded by Afrikaner nationalists as one of their greatest heroes. He won renown as commander in chief of the Orange Free State forces in the South African War (1899-1902) and was a leader in the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914.
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these developments were. The way in which the Boer forces applied guerrilla tactics at, for example, the battles of Sannaspos, Bakenlaagte, Groenkop, Yzerspruit and Tweebosch/De Klipdrift will be briefly analysed, with special reference to the role played by Boer guerrilla commanders such as Christiaan de Wet, Koos de la Rey and Louis Botha.
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The story of his brother, Pieter Daniรซl de Wet, as notorious in Afrikaner folk memory as Christiaan was famous, and at one time an assistant commandant-general of the Free State Army is, however, a very different one.
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19 oz. Dimensions. 6 ร 0.8 ร 9 in. Writer. C. R. De Wet. A new edition of the classic Second Anglo Boer War memoirs, written by perhaps the most famous Boer general of all, Christiaan De Wet. Penned just six months after the end of the conflict, De Wet's accurate retelling of his exploits during the three-year war is a first-hand account of.
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On 30 March 1900 a 2,000-man Boer force led by Christiaan De Wet advanced in the direction of Bloemfontein. Reconnaissance indicated the presence of a small garrison of British troops at Sanna's Post, 23 miles east of Bloemfontein, which held Bloemfontein's water works. A British mounted force under Brigadier General Robert George Broadwood.
Christiaan de Wet, Boer soldier and politician, c1900. De Wet... News Photo Getty Images
Boer War. Between 1899 and 1902, the British Army fought a bitter colonial war against the Boers in South Africa. Although outnumbered, the Boers were a skilled and determined enemy. After initial setbacks and a long period of guerrilla warfare, the British eventually prevailed, but not without adopting controversial tactics.
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The commander-in-chief of the Free State forces, Christiaan de Wet, in his book called the chapter on the subject "Wild Flight from Poplar Grove". Background The Relief of Kimberley took place on 15 February 1900. After the Battle of Paardeberg on the Modder River, the Boer commander, General Cronje, surrendered on 27 February.
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On 30 March 1900 a 2,000-man Boer force led by Christiaan De Wet advanced in the direction of Bloemfontein. Reconnaissance indicated the presence of a small garrison of British troops at Sanna's Post, 23 miles east of Bloemfontein, which held Bloemfontein's water works.
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The Boers were inevitably outmatched, but even in the last phase, from September 1900, the brilliant Boer guerrilla commanders Christiaan de Wet, Koos de la Rey and Jan Smuts harried British bases and disrupted British communications. The war was being lost all the same as the British commander-in-chief, Lord Kitchener, systematically destroyed.
Rudolf Christiaan de Wet (18541922), General boer sudafricana y Politican, cabeza y hombros
Christiaan Rudolf de Wet (Chrisjan de Wet, 7 October 1854 - 3 February 1922) was a Boer general, rebel leader and politician. [2] Life Born on the Leeuwkop farm, in the district of Smithfield in the Boer Republic of the Orange Free State, [3] he later resided at Dewetsdorp, named after his father, Jacobus Ignatius de Wet.
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Christiaan Rudolf de Wet, (born Oct. 7, 1854, Smithfield District, Orange Free State [now in South Africa]โdied Feb. 3, 1922, Dewetsdorp district, S.Af.), Boer soldier and statesman, regarded by Afrikaner nationalists as one of their greatest heroes.
Christiaan Rudolf de Wet, 1854 1922. Boer general, rebel leader Stock Photo, Royalty Free
Christiaan de Wet had managed to escape capture in the Brandwater Basin where most of the Free State army had surrendered to Lieutenant-General Archibald Hunter. De Wet, with the Orange Free State President, Marthinus Steyn, had made his way over Slabbert's Nek on 15 July.
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General Christaan de Wet posing with a restored Mauser rifle in Potchefstroom, South African Republic, during the Second Boer War, c.1900 Christiaan Rudolf de Wet. Toggle search. Search. Toggle menu. 2.1K 106 8 8.5K The Great War 1914-1918.. Christiaan de Wet. From The Great War 1914-1918. Views Read; Edit; Edit source; View history.
