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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 (now in Letsemeng Local Municipality, Free State). Lord Methuen advanced up the railway line in November ...
1880–1902. Rank. General. Wars. First Anglo-Boer War. Jameson Raid. Second Anglo-Boer War. 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.
105/–. Source: ESPNCricInfo, 22 August 2007. Wessel Johannes " Hansie " Cronje (25 September 1969 – 1 June 2002) was a South African international cricketer and captain of the South Africa national cricket team in the 1990s. A right-handed all-rounder, as captain Cronje led his team to victory in 27 Test matches and 99 One Day Internationals.
Andries Petrus Cronjé was born the eldest child among in total five sons and four daughters of Johannes Daniel Cronjé (Swellendam, Overberg, Western Cape, South Africa, 21 October 1806 – Kroonstad, Northern Free State, Free State, 4 April 1901, after a march forced by the British) and Dina Judith Geertruida Woudrina Rall (12 September 1812 – Concentration camp Kroonstad, Orange Free ...
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Andries 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). [1][2] After surrendering to the British he became a prominent member of the National Scouts Corps, who assisted the British military against the remaining Boer guerrillas in the ...
Kahl had three sisters and one brother. Raised on a farm, [2] Kahl was a highly decorated turret gunner during World War II, shooting down 10 enemy planes. [3] After the war, "he had a 400-acre (1.6 km 2) farm near Heaton, Wells County, North Dakota, [4] [but] bounced around the Texas oilfields in later life as a mechanic and general worker." [2]
Assistant-General J.P. Snyman with General Piet Cronje and Captain of the Transvaal State-Artillery, P.J. van der Merwe. On 11 October 1899 the South African Republic declared war against the British Empire, and immediately the troops of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State entered the Cape Colony and Natal.