Vereeniging Commando information

Vereeniging Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the...

The Treaty of Vereeniging was a peace treaty, signed on 31 May 1902, that ended the Second Boer War between the South African Republic and the Orange...

Beaufort Commando Part of Natal Command in late 1970s. Originally named Empangeni/Richards Bay Commando. The unit was renamed Insele Commando on March 2...

Two Irish Commandos, volunteer military units of guerrilla militia, fought alongside the Boers against the British forces during the Second Boer War (1899–1902)...

Delmas Commando Nigel Commando Springs Commando Iscor Commando Krugersdorp Commando Meyerton Commando Vaal Commando Vanderbijl Park Commando Vereeniging Commando...

Smuts a peace conference, to be held at Vereeniging, to discuss a final peace treaty and resolution. To Vereeniging, the South African Republic and the Orange...

at the peace negotiations in 1902, and was signatory to the Treaty of Vereeniging. In the period of reconstruction under British rule, Botha went to Europe...

ontinue the war until the 'bitter end'. On May 31, 1902, the Treaty of Vereeniging was signed between British and Boer negotiators, marking the formal end...

still nominally an independent country. On 31 May 1902, the Treaty of Vereeniging was signed with the government of the South African Republic, the Orange...

the Orange Free State. Burger remained president until the Treaty of Vereeniging on 31 May 1902. Following the end of the war, Burger visited Europe,...

off exit 27 on the R59 along the Klip River between Johannesburg and Vereeniging. The village was founded in 1904, by Advocate Horace Kent. Born in 1855...

of the river is at Vereeniging where it empties into the Vaal River, which is a tributary to the Orange River. Besides Vereeniging, other towns along...

ceasing to exist on 31 May 1902, with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging. A new British dominion, the Union of South Africa, was established under...

Vaal/Vanderbijlpark Commando which itself had originated as a shooting commando in 1953 when it divided from the Vereeniging Commando. The Vanderbijlpark Commando was...

camps, most Boer commanders accepted the British terms in the Treaty of Vereeniging, surrendering in May 1902. The former republics were transformed into...

Africa. It evolved within the tradition of frontier warfare fought by Boer Commando (militia) forces, reinforced by the Afrikaners' historical distrust of...

officer in a commando unit following the outbreak of war in 1899. In 1902, he played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Vereeniging, which ended...

independent Boer republic on 31 May 1902 with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging at the conclusion of the Second Boer War. Following a period of direct...

hold peace talks at Vereeniging, in which De la Rey took part and urged peace. The belligerents signed the Treaty of Vereeniging on 31 May 1902. De la...

end, diehard). While De la Rey was away attending peace ouvertures at Vereeniging, Potgieter and Boer general Jan Kemp performed an audacious but failed...

five months until his release as a consequence of the peace Treaty of Vereeniging signed on 31 May 1902. A.E., Onze Krijgs-officieren. Album van portretten...

denoted as trekboers. The Boers formed loose militias, which they termed commandos, and forged alliances with Khoisan peoples to repel Xhosa raids. Both...

Pretoria Highlanders South of Nylstroom and west of the railway, excluding Vereeniging Replaced 8th Bde in Nov 1940 "South African Army 1939 – 1940" (PDF)....

signing ceremony of the Peace of Vereeniging, where he spoke in favor of accepting the British peace proposal. When the commandos laid down their arms, on 5...

prominent role in the forging of the South African Republic, leading its commandos and resolving disputes between the rival Boer leaders and factions. In...