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General Louis Botha (1862-1919), Afrikaner soldier and statesman, 1917. Botha was Commander-in-chief of the Boer forces from 1900 during the 2nd Boer War (1899-1902), leading a guerrilla campaign against the British. After the war he served as Prime Minister of Transvaal from 1907-1910, before being elected President of the Union of South Africa, an office he held until 1919. From Will's Cigarettes 'Allied Army Leaders' cigarette card series, 1917.