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Cronje, Piet Arnoldus (1835–1911)  This cartoon (dated 1900) shows the Boer general Piet Arnoldus Cronje (1835–1911) surrendering to British forces at Paardeberg on 27 February 1900. British statesman in South Africa Cecil Rhodes is pictured, and English author and poet Rudyard Kipling appears as a reporter with a typewriter. | Boer commander who fought the British in both South African Wars (1881 and 1899–1902). He was defeated and surrendered his 4,000-strong force to Field Marshal Roberts at Paardeberg in February 1900. |
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