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Christiaan Botha

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Lifespan

1864 – 1902

18651870187518801885189018951900Second Boer War · 1899-1902Battle of Laing's Nek (1900) — June 1, 1900 · South African Republic · Second Boer War

Active service 1900 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 36.

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Christiaan Botha was a younger brother of Louis Botha (1862–1919) and Philip Botha (1851-1901), an older brother of Theunis Jacobus Botha (1867-1930), and likewise a Boer general in the Second Boer War (1899–1902) who then both fought the British to the end.

Source · Wikipedia · Q19623167

Battles (1)

Last verified June 2026
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