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Vereeniging and supported the loss of independence of the South African Republic to conclude the
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mountains in May-June 1900. Buller outflanked some seven thousand Boers between 10-15 May 1900 who had dug into the
Biggarsberg, and again on 6-12 June 1900 by passing Christiaan Botha's ten thousand Boers in the region near
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British on 5 June 1900 Chris Botha commanded the Boer forces fighting on in the eastern Transvaal. On 10 May 1901 he took part in a military council meeting near
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in 1888. Chris Botha was to father one son and two daughters by his spouse Maria
Elizabeth Rachel Johnstone. In 1898 Botha became head officer of the police in
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The first British offensive, Nov. – Dec. 1899
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