General De Wet

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military leader
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Boer_Republics
gptkbp:awards Order of the Star of South Africa
gptkbp:birthDate October 7, 1856
gptkbp:burialPlace Heroes'_Acre,_Pretoria
gptkbp:children seven
gptkbp:commanded De_Wet's_Commando
gptkbp:deathDate February 26, 1922
gptkbp:foughtAgainst gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:foughtIn gptkb:Second_Boer_War
gptkb:First_Boer_War
gptkbp:fullName Christiaan_Rudolf_de_Wet
gptkbp:historicalSignificance key figure in Boer resistance
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General De Wet
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Paul_Kruger
gptkbp:knownFor guerrilla warfare tactics
gptkbp:led_to Boer_forces_in_the_Free_State
gptkbp:legacy symbol_of_Afrikaner_pride
gptkbp:militaryRank Boer forces
hit-and-run tactics
gptkbp:nationality South_African
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Second_Boer_War
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Battle_of_Pretoria
gptkb:Battle_of_Modder_River
gptkb:Battle_of_Thaba_Nchu
gptkb:Battle_of_Klip_River
gptkb:Battle_of_Tugela_Heights
gptkb:Battle_of_Rensburg
Battle of Colenso
Battle of Spion Kop
Battle of Paardeberg
Battle of Magersfontein
Battle of Witpoort
Battle of Bloemfontein
Battle of Bothaville
Battle of Colesberg
Battle of Diamond Hill
Battle of Kroonstad
Battle of Lindley
Battle of Vaal Krantz
Battle of Bergendal
Battle of Bethlehem
Battle of Lydenburg
Battle of Belfast
Battle of Reddersburg
Battle of Brandfort
Battle_of_Elands_River
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Winburg,_Free_State
gptkbp:placeOfDeath Pretoria,_South_Africa
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation gptkb:Afrikaner_nationalism
gptkbp:rank General
gptkbp:role general
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Anna_de_Wet
gptkbp:wrote Three Years' War