by Allan Gordon | Oct 7, 2020 | Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
General Christiaan Rudolf de Wet was born in the district of Smithfield in the Boer Republic of the Orange Free State on 7 October 1854. He was involved in the Anglo-Boer War of 1880–81, serving as a field cornet. He saw action at the Battle of Majuba Hill where the...
by Allan Gordon | Oct 5, 2020 | Anniversaries, Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
Meyer de Kock was an ordinary Burgher and respected businessman in Belfast when the South African War (1899-1902) was declared. He was part of a commando which guarded railway bridges in the Eastern Transvaal. After the British had captured Pretoria and annexed...
by Allan Gordon | Oct 4, 2020 | Anniversaries, Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
Boer General Pieter Arnoldus Cronje was born in the Cape on 4 October 1836 and travelled with his family as part of the Great Trek to the Transvaal. He was involved in the Siege of Potchefstroom during the First Boer War (1880-1881) and commanded the Boer force that...
by Allan Gordon | Oct 2, 2020 | Anniversaries, Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
The President of the Orange Free State Republic, Martinus Theunis Steyn was born on 2 October 1857 on a farm in the Winburg district of the Free State. He studied law in London and, having qualified, returned to South Africa to practice his trade. He entered politics...
