Christiaan Rudolf de Wet (7 October 1854 – 3 February 1922) was a Boer general, rebel leader and politician. Born on the Leeuwkop farm, in the district...
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Johannes Christiaan de Wet (1912–1990) was South Africa's most influential jurist and teacher of law. Born as a farmer's son in the Orange Free State...
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De Wet is the name of: Jacob Willemszoon de Wet (c. 1610 – between 1675 and 1691), Dutch painter Christiaan de Wet (1854–1922), Boer general, rebel leader...
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bittereinders. Led by generals such as Louis Botha, Jan Smuts, Christiaan de Wet, and Koos de la Rey, Boer guerrillas used hit-and-run attacks and ambushes...
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de Wet, father of the Second Anglo-Boer War general Christiaan de Wet. Eventually recognized officially, the town became a municipality and named De Wet...
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Second Boer War General Koos de la Rey: Second Boer War General Christiaan de Wet: Second Boer War General Piet de Wet: Second Boer War General Sarel...
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(1899–1902) and a younger brother of Boer general and politician Christiaan de Wet. Piet de Wet participated in the Battle of Poplar Grove (7 March 1900), the...
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Transvaal president with the Boer generals Louis Botha, Jan Smuts, Christiaan de Wet and Koos de la Rey and they would discuss the progress of the war and whether...
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Dutch historical/allegorical painter Christiaan de Bruin (born 1990), South African rugby player Christiaan de Wet (1854–1922), South African Boer general...
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with other Boers east of the Modder. Boers under noted commander Christiaan De Wet were only 30 miles (48 km) away to the south-east and other forces...
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before the cavalry. 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...
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Rouxville Commando in November 1899, during the failed attempt of General Christiaan de Wet during the Second Boer Invasion of the Cape Colony on 16 December...
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May 1902, when he went on sick-leave and was replaced by General Christiaan de Wet as acting state president. On the British side, Sir Alfred Milner...
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Commandant Christiaan de Wet's Boer commando surprised and defeated a force of Imperial Yeomanry under the command of Major Williams. By late 1901, de Wet's guerilla...
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parody celebrated the guerrilla warfare of Boer commando leader Christiaan De Wet. De Wet he is mounted, he rides up the street The English skedaddle an...
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but they too finally surrendered to Boer commander Piet de Wet, the brother of Christiaan de Wet. All firing ceased at about 2.00pm.The British casualties...
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British had occupied only the southern, lower summit. Vice Commandant Christiaan De Wet quickly grasped the situation, and led some men on horseback to gallop...
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sovereignty of Edward VII. After the war De la Rey travelled to Europe with Louis Botha and Christiaan de Wet to raise funds for the impoverished Boers...
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Hertzog and Christiaan Rudolf de Wet to found the National Party. National Party Steyn, James Barry Munnik Hertzog and Christiaan Rudolf de Wet co-founded...
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Academy of Sciences. "De Wet Swanepoel". www.up.ac.za. Retrieved 2022-06-30. Engineers, My (2020-12-10). "Professor Daniël Christiaan De Wet Swanepoel Wins African...
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Orange Free State (redirect from De Oranjevrijstaat)
Colony. For nearly two years longer the burghers kept the field under Christiaan de Wet and other leaders, but by the articles of peace signed on 31 May 1902...
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foot of the monument. Also beside the monument are the graves of Christiaan de Wet, Rev. John Daniel Kestell, President of the Orange Free State Martinus...
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The parody celebrated the guerrilla warfare of Boer commando Christiaan De Wet. De Wet he is mounted, he rides up the street The English skedaddle an...
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guerrilla campaign against the British together with Koos de la Rey and Christiaan de Wet. The success of his measures was seen in the steady resistance...
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rule. De Wet was the son of the field cornet Pieter Gerhardus de Wet and his wife, Magdalena Judith Keet, and a cousin of General Christiaan de Wet (Pieter...
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1956-1957 13 Michiel Daniel Christiaan de Wet Nel National Party 1958 14 Albert Hertzog National Party 1958-1968 15 Carel de Wet National Party 1968-1972...
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Government Notes and all the “currency” commandeered under the Kommando Christiaan de Wet which equates to 650,000 pond (166,766 ounces) this brings the number...
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who served there was Rev Andrew Murray.The Second Boer War General Christiaan de Wet was born on the nearby farm Leeukop in 1854. Smithfield had a village...
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1900 was a rare defeat of Christiaan de Wet's Boer commando at the hands of a force of British Mounted Infantry (MI). De Wet was one of the most successful...
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President Martinus Steyn, the spiritual heart of the Boer resistance, and Christiaan de Wet, their foremost field general, regrouped and prepared to continue...
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