Piet Cronjé
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Pieter Arnoldus "Piet" Cronjé was a South African Boer general during the Anglo-Boer Wars of 1880–1881 and 1899–1902.
Battle of Modder River
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The Battle of Modder River was an engagement in the Boer War, fought at Modder River, on 28 November 1899. A British column under Lord Methuen, that was attempting to relieve the besieged town of Kimberley, forced Boers under General Piet Cronjé to retreat to Magersfontein, but suffered heavy casualties altogether.
Battle of Modder River, November 28, 1899. Bacon's South Africa War Prints No. 5. G. W. Bacon & Co, London. The illustration amplifies the British side.
Battle of Modder River; view of the engagement as seen by the Grenadier Guards, from Forbes, Archibald, and Atteridge, A. H.: Battles of the nineteenth century, London ; New York : Cassell and Company, 1901