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3 giorni fa · On 16 December 1838, the Voortrekkers under the command of Andries Pretorius confronted about 10,000 Zulus at the prepared positions. The Boers had three injuries without any fatalities. Due to the blood of 3,000 slain Zulus that stained the Ncome River , the conflict afterwards became known as the Battle of Blood River .
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20 ore fa · Andries Pretorius, a great influence on the young Kruger. Britain annexed the Voortrekkers' short-lived Natalia Republic in 1843 as the Colony of Natal. Pretorius briefly led Boer resistance to this, but before long most of the Boers in Natal had trekked back north-west to the area around the Orange and Vaal rivers.
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6 mag 2024 · 2018 SA Schools squad; Name Position School Union Herman Agenbag: Prop: Grey College: Free State Cheetahs Dewald Donald: Prop: Affies: Blue Bulls Hanru Jacobs
27 apr 2024 · Pretoria, city in Gauteng province and administrative capital of the Republic of South Africa. Founded in 1855 by Marthinus, son of Andries Pretorius, the Boer statesman for whom the city was named, it became the capital of the Transvaal in 1860, administrative capital of South Africa in 1910, and a city in 1931.
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15 apr 2024 · Van Jaarsveld’s lecture was about the Blood River vow. His argument was that the testimony of Andries Pretorius and his secretary Jan Bantjes held much more value than that of Sarel Cilliers, who had recorded his memories thirty years later on his deathbed. It’s not a topic that today would attract more than a handful of listeners.
26 apr 2024 · "Andries Pretorius" published on by null. (1798–1853)Boer leader and general. After several frontier campaigns against the Xhosa he took part in the Great Trek, and became commandant-general of the Boers after Piet Retief's murder (1838).
24 apr 2024 · Andries Pretorius. Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius. 27.11.1798 Graaff Reinet – 23 .7.1853 Grootplaas distrik Pretoria. Voortrekkerleier. Sleutelfiguur in Slag van Bloedrivier. Pretoria is na hom vernoem. Andries Pretorius het geboer in Graaff Reinet distrik tot 1838.
