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    Christiaan Rudolf de Wet (Chrisjan de Wet, 7 October 1854 – 3 February 1922) was a Boer general, rebel leader and politician. Born on the Leeuwkop farm...
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  • Johannes Christiaan de Wet (1912–1990) was South Africa's most influential jurist and teacher of law. Born as a farmer's son in the Orange Free State...
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  • De Wet is the name of: Jacob Willemszoon de Wet (c. 1610 – between 1675 and 1691), Dutch painter Christiaan de Wet (1854–1922), Boer general, rebel leader...
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    bittereinders. Led by generals such as Louis Botha, Jan Smuts, Christiaan de Wet, and Koos de la Rey, Boer guerrillas used hit-and-run attacks and ambushes...
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    before the cavalry. The commander-in-chief of the Free State forces, Christiaan de Wet, in his book called the chapter on the subject "Wild Flight from Poplar...
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  • Commandant Christiaan de Wet's Boer commando surprised and defeated a force of Imperial Yeomanry under the command of Major Williams. By late 1901, de Wet's guerilla...
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    Transvaal president with the Boer generals Louis Botha, Jan Smuts, Christiaan de Wet and Koos de la Rey and they would discuss the progress of the war and whether...
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    with other Boers east of the Modder. Boers under noted commander Christiaan De Wet were only 30 miles (48 km) away to the south-east and other forces...
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  • de Wet, father of the Second Anglo-Boer War general Christiaan de Wet. Eventually recognized officially, the town became a municipality and named De Wet...
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    (1899–1902) and a younger brother of Boer general and politician Christiaan de Wet. Piet de Wet participated in the Battle of Poplar Grove (7 March 1900), the...
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