Francis William Reitz (1844-1934) was a Boer politician at the time of the Boer war. He was the president of the Orange Free State from 1889 to 1895. In this time he encouraged closer relations with the Transvaal. He delivered both the Boer ultimatum to the British that started the war and the peace treaty that effectively ended it. His own personal disagreement with the treaty meant he spent the remainder of his life in a self-imposed exile in Holland and later the USA. He returned to South Africa where he became President of the Senate until 1921, when he retired from public life. Jump to: navigation, search 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Boer is the Afrikaans (and Dutch) word for farmer which came to denote the descendents of the Afrikaans speaking migrating farmers of the expanding eastern Cape frontier. ... Boer guerrillas during the Second Boer War There were two Boer wars, one from December 16, 1880-March 23, 1881 and the second from October 11, 1899-May 31, 1902 both between the British and the settlers of Dutch, French and German origin (called Boers, Afrikaners or Voortrekkers) in South... Flag of the Orange Free State The Orange Free State (Afrikaans: Oranje Vrystaat) was the historical precursor to the present day Free State province of the Republic of South Africa. ... Flag of Transvaal The Transvaal (lit. ...

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'Commando' by Deneys Reitz Deneys Reitz (1882—1944) was a Boer Commando, South African soldier and politician. ...

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