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    commandos: Harrismith Commando, Kroonstad Commando, Winburg Commando, Bethlehem Commando, Vrede Commando and Heilbron Commando. In 1900, the commando...
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    in Marievale, Group 22 in Kimberly with various commandos The last commando unit, Harrismith Commando based in the Free State, was disbanded in March...
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    The Boer Commandos or "Kommandos" were volunteer military units of guerrilla militia organized by the Boer people of South Africa. From this came the...
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  • Beaufort Commando Part of Natal Command in late 1970s. Originally named Empangeni/Richards Bay Commando. The unit was renamed Insele Commando on March 2...
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    Jacobus Wessels was sent to the front in the Colony of Natal with his Harrismith Commando. He participated in the Boer victory of the Battle of Sanna's Post...
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    Oliviershoek Pass Area in Free State, South Africa. Its located 32 km South of Harrismith. The Voortrekkers camped there from mid-October to mid-November 1837 and...
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    The Orange Free State was represented by for instance L.P.H. Botha (Harrismith), G.A. Brand (Bethulie, Caledon River, Rouxville, Wepener and East Bloemfontein)...
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    the following commandos: Harrismith Commando, Kroonstad Commando, Winburg Commando, Bethlehem Commando, Vrede Commando and Heilbron Commando. The battle...
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    the following commandos: Harrismith Commando, Kroonstad Commando, Winburg Commando, Bethlehem Commando, Vrede Commando and Heilbron Commando. The battle...
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    the following commandos: Harrismith Commando Kroonstad Commando Winburg Commando Bethlehem Commando Vrede Commando and Heilbron Commando. The battle of...
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    escape northwards. In the confusion, Commandant Jan Meyer with the Harrismith Commando lost their bearings and ran into the section of the line held by...
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    26 March 1827 – Harrismith, Orange Free State, 5 July 1883) and Salomina Adriana van Rooyen (Somerset East, 31 March 1829 – Harrismith, 9 January 1886)...
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    commandos: Harrismith Commando, Kroonstad Commando, Winburg Commando, Bethlehem Commando, Vrede Commando and Heilbron Commando. By 1902 all Commando remnants...
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    Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula. The last commando unit, that at Harrismith in the Free State, was disbanded in March 2008. South African...
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    Senekal Commando Virginia Commando Vrede Commando Bethlehem Commando Harrismith Commando Reitz Commando Jacobsdal Commando Phillipolis Commando Winburg...
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    Cape Town) meets the N5 National Route (which goes east to Qwa Qwa & Harrismith). The nearest city, Bloemfontein, is 120 km away southwards via the N1...
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  • trapped by British mobile columns. One line of blockhouses reached from Harrismith to the Tradoux farm, 25 miles (40 km) east of Bethlehem. To protect the...
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    Harrismith. He was subsequently elected Chief Commandant of the Free State and then Helgard Theunissen was placed in command of the Winburg Commando....
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    and the area north of the Caledon River, which includes present day Harrismith and the area further westwards. The wars resulted in the white settlers...
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    Cape, 26 March 1827–Harrismith, Orange Free State, 5 July 1883) and Salomina Adriana van Rooyen (Somerset East, 31 March 1829–Harrismith, 9 January 1885)...
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    district: Smithfield Winburg district: Winburg, Ventersburg Harrismith district: Harrismith, Frankfort Kroonstad district: Kroonstad, Heilbron Boshof district:...
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  • maintain territorial rights. Following an attack on Trekboers in what is now Harrismith by the Batlôkwa led by the warrior chieftainess, Manthatisi, Paul Kruger...
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    important lines were the one linking with the Orange Free State reaching Harrismith in 1892, as well as the North Coast and South Coast lines. In 1910, the...
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    arms in the Orange Free State on 2 October 1899 the commandos of the Boer towns of Bethlehem, Harrismith, Heilbron, Kroonstad, Vrede, and Winburg chose Prinsloo...
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    26 March 1827 – Harrismith, Orange Free State, 5 July 1883) and Salomina Adriana van Rooyen (Somerset East, 31 March 1829 – Harrismith, 9 January 1886)...
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    relatively benign and peaceful policies. As magistrate ("Landdrost") of Harrismith he founded the town of Kroonstad. This town he named in honour of a horse...
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    Farmhouse, Klerksvlei, Harrismith District) Upload Photo 9/2/316/0002 British Regimental Badges, Harrismith 0 Harrismith Harrismith Provincial Heritage Site...
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  • revolution. Some of the most notable protests during this period occurred in Harrismith, Kennedy Road, Durban, Diepsloot, Balfour, Thokoza, Khutsong, Macassar...
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    good work in the advanced guard of Rundle's column as it advanced on Harrismith. After the first IY contingent returned home at the end of their year's...
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    89.20 Fauresmith—Boshof 7,174 82.08 1,566 17.92 45 8,785 9,333 94.13 Harrismith 6,969 82.04 1,526 17.96 43 8,538 9,195 92.85 Heilbron 8,328 78.42 2,292...
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