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Cronje, Piet Arnoldus

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Cronje, Piet Arnoldus (1835-1911)

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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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