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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. Petrus Johannes Liebenberg - Wikipedia

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    Petrus Johannes Liebenberg (Piet Liebenberg, 29 September 1857 – 5 March 1950) [1] [2] was a South African Boer politician for Potchefstroom and a general in the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902). He successfully invaded the Cape Colony , failed to prevent the British relief of Mafeking , and fought to the end up to the Battle of Rooiwal .

  6. Koos de la Rey - Wikipedia

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    Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey (pronounced phonetically as "Ya-qui-bis Hehr-key-lahs de la Ray") (22 October 1847 – 15 September 1914), [1] better known as Koos de la Rey, was a South African military officer who served as a Boer general during the Second Boer War.

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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]

  9. Jan Smuts in the Boer War - Wikipedia

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    Whereas the Transvaal and the Orange Free State had been ravaged by the war equally as thoroughly, only the Transvaal delegates wanted peace. The Boer commandos knew that President Steyn, General de Wet, Hertzog, and the 27 other Free State delegates would rather fight to the death than sign a treaty of surrender. Thus, when they elected the ...