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Christiaan Rudolf de Wet (auch Christiaan De Wet oder Christian Dewet; * 7. Oktober 1854 auf der Farm Leewkop im Oranje-Freistaat; † 5. Februar 1922 in Dewetsdorp, Oranje-Freistaat) war ein südafrikanischer Politiker und General während des Zweiten Burenkriegs .
Christiaan Rudolf de Wet (Chrisjan de Wet, 7 October 1854 – 3 February 1922) was a Boer general, rebel leader and politician. [2] Life. Born on the Leeuwkop farm, in the district of Smithfield in the Boer Republic of the Orange Free State, [3] he later resided at Dewetsdorp, named after his father, Jacobus Ignatius de Wet.
Christiaan Rudolf De Wet. Synopsis: A great Boer general and rebel leader. His name is inextricably woven into the epic struggle of Afrikaners for independence from British rule in South Africa. First Name: Christiaan. Rudolf. Last Name: Smithfield District, Orange Free State [now Free State]
Christiaan Rudolf de Wet was a Boer soldier and statesman, regarded by Afrikaner nationalists as one of their greatest heroes. He won renown as commander in chief of the Orange Free State forces in the South African War (1899–1902) and was a leader in the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914. As a young man.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Christiaan Rudolf de Wet (7 October 1854 – 3 February 1922) was a South African Boer general, rebel leader and politician. He was born at Leeuwkop, Smithfield district (Orange Free State), and later resided at Dewetsdorp.
General Christiaan de Wet was engaged in reorganising the Free State commandos. This had become necessary after the disastrous surrender of General Marthinus Prinsloo, with half the Free State Forces in the Brandwater Basin, at the end of July 1900.
The story of his brother, Pieter Daniël de Wet, as notorious in Afrikaner folk memory as Christiaan was famous, and at one time an assistant commandant-general of the Free State Army is, however, a very different one.
