Christiaan Rudolf de Wet Biography

De Wet serves with the Free State forces opposing White's British column during the fighting at Rietfontein.

De Wet ambushes Broadwood's column at Sanna's Post and captures men, wagons and artillery.

De Wet surrounds a British detachment near Reddersburg and compels its surrender after sustained fighting.

De Wet attacks the colonial garrison at Wepener but fails to force it to surrender.

De Wet escapes from the tightening British cordon at Brandwater Basin with a mobile Boer force.

De Wet launches a surprise Christmas attack on the British camp at Groenkop and captures much of the position.

De Wet signs the peace settlement that ends the Second Boer War after the Boer representatives accept British sovereignty.