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332:(Sri Lanka), including Roux himself. There Roux again worked as a pastor. Prinsloo's surrender in 1900 was viewed by some of his compatriots as a treasonous act. Christiaan de Wet called it “a horrible murder of government, country and people” (Afrikaans: ’n gruwelike moord op regering, land en volk).
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Prinsloo and Roux quarreled as to who was in command. A first vote favoured
Prinsloo, but later incoming votes gave Roux the edge. The British surrounded Prinsloo by also blocking the passes of Witnek, Kommandonek, and Noupoortsnek (Nauwpoortsnek), so that Prinsloo felt forced to surrender with all
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would go east with 500 men. Indeed De Wet escaped escorting president Steyn, but the remainder of the army dithered, failed to defend the pass
Slabbert's Nek and gave up the other pass of Retief's Nek after a fight on 23–24 July 1900.
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The massive surrender of
Prinsloo's Boer forces including Roux's men in Brandwater basin, South Africa, 1900. Unknown artist. From Archibald Forbes et al.: Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. 7, around
212:, 1821 - Paarl, 1895) and Francina Johanna Roux (from the Danish Wiid family, Hopetown, 1841 - Paarl, 1921). He studied at Stellenbosch Theological Institute in the years 1884-1889, and was
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However Roux disagreed and personally went to Hunter to protest, and was arrested on the spot. Some 4300 troops including
Prinsloo, Roux and Crowther were taken prisoner of war near
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Roux returned from imprisonment at Ceylon and continued as a Dutch
Reformed pastor at Senekal. In 1905 he became pastor at Beaufort-Wes, where he died in 1911 of
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while general De Wet would retreat northward with 2000 men. General Paul Roux would head to the south-west with another 2000 men, while general
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438:]. Die Geskiedenis van die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog in Suid-Afrika, 1899–1902 (in Afrikaans). Vol. VI. Pretoria: Die Staatsdrukker.
404:]. Die Geskiedenis van die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog in Suid-Afrika, 1899–1902 (in Afrikaans). Vol. V. Pretoria: Die Staatsdrukker.
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643:"Gemeentegeskiedenisargief 'n Oorsig van die geskiedenis van die NG Kerk, sy gemeentes en predikante. Roux, Paul Hendrik"
356:(now Malawi). In his honour a memorial was erected in 1915 near the Dutch Reformed Church in Beaufort West. The town of
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588:"28 SEPTEMBER Geboortes 1862 Paul Hendrik Roux, NG predikant en Vrystaatse generaal (†8 Junie 1911)"
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In 1862 Roux was born in the Cape Colony as the eldest son of Dirk
Hendrik Dietz Roux (
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after general de
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The War
Reporter: the Anglo-Boer war through the eyes of the burghers
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1915 Memorial monument for Reverend Paul Roux in Beaufort-West, 2013.
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Roux served the troops from his home town of Senekal first as an
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on 27 February 1900. The British sent most of the prisoners to
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Bossenbroek, M. P. and Yvette Rosenberg (Translator),
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198:Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NGK)
466:Three Years War (October 1899 – June 1902)
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220:and became a pastor in his own right at
185:(28 September 1862 – 8 June 1911) was a
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501:My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War
769:"Noupoortsnek (R712). The Free State"
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715:"Witnek (S162). The Free State"
470:De strijd tusschen Boer en Brit
402:The British advance to Pretoria
115:Protestant pastor, Boer general
97:Hester Helena Eksteen (1864-?)
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829:People from the Northern Cape
703:Bossenbroek 2018, p. 284-285.
668:Roux, Nick (4 October 2014).
839:People of the First Boer War
472:, Amsterdam; Pretoria, 1902.
670:"Roux, Paul Hendrik (1862)"
428:Breytenbach, J. H. (1996).
394:Breytenbach, J. H. (1983).
263:General Christiaan de Wet's
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277:Orange Free State General
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462:De Wet, Christiaan Rudolf
336:After the war (1902-1911)
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204:Early career (1862-1899)
273:Arrest and imprisonment
802:Pakenham 1992, p. 445.
614:"Ds Paul Hendrik Roux"
516:Theological Seminary,
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241:Almoner and general
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287:Jonathan Crowther
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318:Piet Cronjé
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259:M. T. Steyn
84:Nationality
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