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Pieter Arnoldus Cronjé
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Boer Gen. Pieter Arnoldus Cronjé (left) surrendering to British Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 1900, during the South African War (1899–1902).
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Born October 4, 1836 • South Africa
Died February 4, 1911 (aged 74) • Potchefstroom • South Africa
Role In South African War

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Boer Gen. Pieter Arnoldus Cronjé (left) surrendering to British Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 1900, during the South African War (1899–1902).
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Joubert, Petrus Jacobus
Petrus Jacobus Joubert
South African politician
de la Rey, Jacobus Hercules
Jacobus Hercules de la Rey
Boer leader
Jan Smuts.
Jan Smuts
South African statesman
Louis Botha
Louis Botha
prime minister of Union of South Africa
Beyers
C.F. Beyers
South African politician
Christiaan Rudolf de Wet
Boer statesman
Paul Kruger
Paul Kruger
South African statesman
J.B.M. Hertzog
prime minister of South Africa
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
Boer South African leader
Andries Hendrik Potgieter
Boer leader
Andries Pretorius, portrait (artist unknown).
Andries Pretorius
Boer South African leader
Salomon Gerhardus Maritz
South African general
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
British field marshal
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
British field marshal
French, John, 1st earl of Ypres
John French, 1st earl of Ypres
British field marshal
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
British army officer
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl, Viscount St. Pierre
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
British field marshal
Dill
Sir John Greer Dill
British field marshal
Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen
British military officer
William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside
British field marshal