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Christiaan Rudolph de Wet was born at Leeukop in the Smithfield district on 7 October 1854 and died at Klipfontein, Dewetsdorp on 3 February, 1922. at the War Museum of the Boer Republics. Newspaper clippings about Christiaan de Wet in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
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- The Fighting General
Christiaan de Wet, 1900. Tomó parte en las primeras batallas de la Guerra Bóer en 1899 en Natal como comandante y luego, como general, fue a prestar servicios bajo el mando de Piet Cronje en el oeste. Su primer éxito fue la sorpresiva acción de Sanna's Post cerca de Bloemfontein, seguida poco
- 3 de febrero de 1922 (67 años), Dewetsdorp (Sudáfrica)
- Universidad de Leiden
- Christiaan Rudolf De Wet
- 7 de octubre de 1854, Smithfield (Sudáfrica)
Christiaan de Wet was born at Leeuwkop near Smithfield, Orange Free State, on 7 October 1854. He received little formal education, spending his days helping his father in the management of the farm Nuwejaarsfontein, near the present town of Dewetsdorp. At the age of nineteen, he married Cornelia Margaretha Kruger, a woman of strong character.
15 de abr. de 2024 · Christiaan Rudolf de Wet was a Boer soldier and statesman, regarded by Afrikaner nationalists as one of their greatest heroes. He won renown as commander in chief of the Orange Free State forces in the South African War (1899–1902) and was a leader in the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914.
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Christiaan Rudolf de Wet (7 de octubre de 1854 - 5 de febrero de 1922) fue un general bóer y político sudafricano. Quick facts: Christiaan de Wet, Información ...
Christian Rudolf de Wet tuvo que hacer frente a la poderosa ofensiva de lord Roberts, quien logró ocupar las principales ciudades del país (Johannesburgo, Pretoria), aunque a finales de 1900 tomó nuevamente la iniciativa con la invasión de la colonia de El Cabo y obtuvo las victorias de Koorn-Spruit, en la que causó graves pérdidas al enemigo, y Dewetsdorp (24 de noviembre de 1900).
Christiaan de Wet served in the first Anglo-Boer War of 1880-81 as a field cornet, and from 1881 to 1896 he lived on his farm, becoming in 1897 member of the Volksraad. He took part in the earlier battles of the Boer War of 1899 in Natal as a commandant and later, as a general, he went to serve under Cronje in the west.
