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  2. Maritz rebellion - Wikipedia

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    The Maritz rebellion, also known as the Boer revolt, Third Boer War, [2] or the Five Shilling rebellion, [3] was an armed pro-German insurrection in South Africa in 1914, at the start of World War I. It was led by Boers who supported the re-establishment of the South African Republic in the Transvaal .

  3. Manie Maritz - Wikipedia

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    Manie [1] Maritz (26 July 1876 – 20 December 1940), also known as Gerrit Maritz, was a Boer officer during the Second Boer War.He was also a participant in the Herero and Namaqua genocide and later a leading participant in the pro-German Maritz rebellion in 1914. [2]

  4. Christiaan Frederik Beyers - Wikipedia

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    Christiaan Frederik Beyers (23 September 1869 – 8 December 1914) was a Boer attorney, politician and general during the Second Boer War and one of the leaders of the pro-German Maritz rebellion (1914 – 1915) against the government of the Union of South Africa. [1] [2] [3]

  5. First Boer War - Wikipedia

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    The First Boer War (Afrikaans: Eerste Vryheidsoorlog, lit. ' First Freedom War '), was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881 between the British Empire and Boers of the Transvaal (as the South African Republic was known while under British administration). [2]

  6. South African Wars (1879–1915) - Wikipedia

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    Some of the titles published then give a fairly accurate impression of the patriotic fervour which found its way into print: B. Ronan, The Passing of the Boer (1899); E. Ames, The Tremendous Twins, or How the Boers were Beaten (1900); C.D. Haskim, For the Queen in South Africa (1900); F. Russell, The Boer's Blunder (1900); H. Nisbet, For Right ...

  7. Koos de la Rey - Wikipedia

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    Having realised that the traditional Boer tactic of fighting from higher ground exposed them to the superior British artillery, De la Rey insisted that his men and Prinsloo's Free-Staters dig in on the banks of the Modder and Riet Rivers, the first use of trench warfare in the war. The plan was to hold fire until the British had approached ...

  8. Second Boer War - Wikipedia

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    ' Second Freedom War ', 11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War, [8] Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and Orange Free State) over the Empire's influence in Southern Africa.

  9. Pieter Hendrik Kritzinger - Wikipedia

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    Pieter Hendrik Kritzinger (20 April 1870 – 2 October 1935) was a Boer general and Assistant Commandant of the Forces of the Orange Free State and Commander-in-Chief of the Boer Rebel Forces in the Cape Colony and noted guerrilla commander during the Second Boer War who led the Boer invasions of the Cape Colony during the Guerilla Phase of the Second Boer War.

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