Christiaan de Wet

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Boer general guerrilla leader human military commander politician

Christiaan de Wet was a prominent Boer general and guerrilla leader renowned for his daring and highly effective campaigns against British forces during the Second Boer War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Christiaan de Wet canonical	12
de Wet	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Boer general ⓘ guerrilla leader ⓘ human ⓘ military commander ⓘ politician ⓘ
authored	Second Boer War ⓘ surface form: Three Years War (1899–1902)
birthDate	1854-10-07 ⓘ
birthPlace	Smithfield district, Orange Free State ⓘ
burialPlace	Bloemfontein ⓘ surface form: Bloemfontein, South Africa
conflict	First Boer War ⓘ Maritz Rebellion (1914) ⓘ surface form: Maritz Rebellion Second Boer War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Orange Free State ⓘ South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
deathDate	1922-02-03 ⓘ
deathPlace	Bloemfontein ⓘ surface form: Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa
detainedBy	British authorities ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Afrikaners ⓘ surface form: Boer
familyName	Christiaan de Wet self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: de Wet
genre	military memoir ⓘ
givenName	Christiaan ⓘ
hasOccupation	farmer ⓘ politician ⓘ soldier ⓘ
languageSpoken	Afrikaans ⓘ Dutch ⓘ
militaryBranch	Boer forces ⓘ surface form: Orange Free State forces
movement	Boer republicanism ⓘ
name	Christiaan de Wet self-link ⓘ
notableFor	guerrilla warfare against British forces in the Second Boer War ⓘ hit-and-run tactics and mobility ⓘ
opponent	British Army ⓘ British Empire ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of Sanna's Post ⓘ Relief of sieges and raids in the Orange Free State during the Second Boer War ⓘ
placeOfDetention	Saint Helena ⓘ surface form: St. Helena
positionHeld	Boer forces ⓘ surface form: Commandant-General of the Orange Free State forces Senator in the Union of South Africa ⓘ member of the Orange Free State Volksraad ⓘ
rank	general ⓘ
receivedSentence	term of imprisonment and fine after 1914 rebellion ⓘ
religion	Calvinism ⓘ
supported	Maritz Rebellion (1914) ⓘ
usedTactic	guerrilla warfare ⓘ hit-and-run attacks ⓘ rapid mounted movements ⓘ
wasPrisonerOfWar	true ⓘ
wasTriedFor	rebellion against the Union government ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Boer War → combatantCommander → Christiaan de Wet ⓘ

Treaty of Vereeniging → signatoryRepresentative → Christiaan de Wet ⓘ

Christiaan de Wet → name → Christiaan de Wet self-link ⓘ

Christiaan de Wet → familyName → Christiaan de Wet self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: de Wet

Boer forces → notableCommander → Christiaan de Wet ⓘ

Battle of Diamond Hill → commander → Christiaan de Wet ⓘ

Smithfield district, Orange Free State → notablePersonBornHere → Christiaan de Wet ⓘ

Maritz Rebellion (1914) → leader → Christiaan de Wet ⓘ

Battle of Sanna's Post → commander → Christiaan de Wet ⓘ

Battle of Sanna's Post → hasMainCommanderForBoers → Christiaan de Wet ⓘ

Christiaan → hasFamousBearer → Christiaan de Wet ⓘ

Battle of Spion Kop → commander → Christiaan de Wet ⓘ

Orange Free State theatre of Second Boer War → opponentCommander → Christiaan de Wet ⓘ