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Piet Cronje, Boer leader and soldier, c1900. Cronje (1835-1911) fought against the British in the 1st Boer War and defeated the Jameson raiders at Krugersdorp, on 29 December 1895. In the 2nd Boer War (1899-1902) he defeated the British at Magersfontein on 11 December 1899. He surrendered to the British at Paardeberg in 1900 and was imprisoned on the island of St Helena until the end of the war.