Pieter Arnoldus "Piet" Cronjé (4 October 1836 – 4 February 1911) was a South African Boer general during the Anglo-Boer Wars of 1880–1881 and 1899–1902...
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Petrus Johannes Cronjé (A.P.J. Cronjé, 18 June 1849 – 23 February 1923) was a Second Boer War general, like his older brother Piet Cronjé (1836 – 1911)...
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War General Andries Petrus Cronjé: Second Boer War General Andries Petrus Johannes Cronjé: Second Boer War General Piet Cronjé: Second Boer War General...
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African race walker Peter Cronjé (1949–2020), South African rugby player Piet Cronjé (1836–1911), Boer general Rowan Cronjé (1937–2014), Rhodesian/Zimbabwean...
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significantly reinforced British offensive. The army of Boer General Piet Cronjé was retreating from its entrenched position at Magersfontein towards...
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(born 1966), South African cricketer Piet Cronjé (1836–1911), South African general in the Anglo-Boer wars Piet Dankert (1934–2003), Dutch politician...
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Lichtenburg commandos under General Koos de la Rey (one of General Piet Cronjé's field generals) attacked and captured the British garrison and railway...
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Infantry.[citation needed] Louis Botha Philip Botha Schalk Willem Burger Piet Cronjé Piet Joubert Koos de la Rey Paul Kruger Marthinus Prinsloo Jan Smuts Martinus...
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African Republic declared war on 12 October 1899. Under orders of General Piet Cronje the Mafeking railway and telegraph lines were cut the same day, and the...
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Potchefstroom. During this skirmish, the Boer "commando" was led by General Piet Cronjé. This led to the action at Bronkhorstspruit on 20 December 1880, where...
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Lanyon began to pursue tax payments from burghers who were in arrears. Piet Cronjé, a farmer in the Potchefstroom district, gave his local landdrost a written...
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group of approximately 5,000 Boer soldiers and some civilians, under Piet Cronjé, in a bend of the Modder River near Kimberley, having advanced from south...
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to relieve the besieged town of Kimberley, forced Boers under General Piet Cronjé to retreat to Magersfontein, but suffered heavy casualties altogether...
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larger force under Lord Roberts. The battle against the Boer general Piet Cronjé continued at Paardeberg immediately after the town itself was relieved...
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Jameson realized the position was hopeless and surrendered to Commandant Piet Cronjé. The raiders were taken to Pretoria and jailed. The Boer government later...
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added, "the Boer Cemetery is a poignant spot". Among the notables were Piet Cronjé and his wife after their defeat at the Battle of Paardeberg. The resulting...
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invited participants of the adjacent 1904 World's Fair to compete. General Piet Cronjé, Len Taunyane, and Jan Mashiani, all Boer War veterans who had been taken...
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Mafeking front on 16 October 1899. They joined the forces of General Piet Cronje at Reitvlej near Mafeking on 23 October 1899, where they first saw action...
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general and was to proceed to the Western frontier. He found General Piet Cronjé in command of the Boer forces ensconced at Magersfontein, south of Kimberley...
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another vision had forewarned. Van Rensburg then travelled with general Piet Cronjé but escaped the encirclement by British forces at Paardeberg. Subsequently...
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moved closer to the Western front. Boer forces, under the command of Piet Cronje, were constantly skirmishing with British forces, and the TVK gained...
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Bronkhorstspruit Piet Cronjé Second Boer War Boer Boer Commando Louis Botha Christiaan de Wet Jan Smuts Koos de la Rey Deneys Reitz Piet Joubert Martinus...
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civic leader, wife of Louis Botha Arthur Chaskalson, judge (1931–2012) Piet Cronjé, Boer general and commander-in-chief of ZAR's military forces (1840–1911)...
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obligations to the Transvaal whatever might happen. After the surrender of Piet Cronjé in the Battle of Paardeberg on 27 February 1900, Bloemfontein was occupied...
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(veggeneraal). With 20 of his men he and general Froneman serving general Piet Cronjé timely escaped the British encirclement at the Battle of Paardeberg (18...
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In December 1880, Ras requested and obtained permission from General Piet Cronjé to return home to his farm Bokfontein, near Brits, to build a cannon...
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cornet in the western Transvaal, he took over Piet Cronjé's Potchefstroom siege (1880–1881) when Cronjé fell ill. He was elected commandant of the Lichtenburg...
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Petrus Johannes Cronjé (1849 – 1923), who surrendered and cooperated with the British in the National Scouts. Andries Petrus Cronjé was born the eldest...
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generals Andries Cronjé (1849 – 1923), brother of general Piet Cronjé, who had surrendered at Paardeberg and was sent to Saint Helena, and Piet de Wet (1861...
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Chihuahua. He left for the United States in 1904 along with General Piet Cronjé (of Battle of Paardeberg fame) to take part in the Louisiana Purchase...
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