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African Defence Force who died serving their country. The individuals who died are honoured with an inscription on a number of marble plaques mounted around the statue. Members who have died in operations as a result of enemy action are indicated with an
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January 1899 the fort was manned by 17 troops. In July 1899 the number of troops was increased to 30. By the end of October 1899, only 16 troops were still stationed at Fort Klapperkop. As with the other forts, men and armament were gradually withdrawn and sent elsewhere during the course of the
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was built by Léon
Grunberg and Sam Léon. It thus differed from the other forts, being hexagonal instead of pentagonal and also markedly bigger. It was completed in November 1898 at a cost of GBP £46,500. Like the other forts, it had electricity, a telephone and running water. The fort was restored
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The fort was armed with a 75 mm
Creusot gun ("Long Tom"), a 37 mm Maxim-Nordenfeldt cannon and a hand-cranked Martin-Henry Maxim. Initially eighteen gunners were stationed in the fort, but both men and armaments were gradually withdrawn until only one gunner and no cannons were left on 5
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Council of Pretoria in 1954. In 1986 it was cleaned up and partially restored; it was declared a provincial heritage site the following year. A request to declare Fort Daspoortrand a heritage site as well was submitted in 1988 but this has not been approved as yet.
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The three forts are pentagonal reinforced, with more fire range possibilities through numerous facets. Attacks from any direction could be warded off by revolving guns on their ramparts. To prevent infantry attacks, loopholes were built into the walls. Trenches, barbed-wire entanglements and
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Both the garrison and the armaments were gradually reduced during the course of the Second Anglo-Boer war until there was only one man and no guns left over on 5 June 1900, the day on which
British forces occupied Pretoria. The fort was briefly occupied in 1993 by
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equipped with artillery. The positions identified were
Schanskop, Kwaggaspoort, Daspoortrand, Magaliesberg-wes, Wonderboompoort, Derdepoort, Strubenkop and Klapperkop. The armoured turrets were subsequently found to be unacceptable, and thus the plan of two
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Many black labourers and about 400 white builders, mostly
Italians, were involved in the building of these forts. To address technical aspects such as the electrical connections between forts, German and Dutch experts were consulted.
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The Fort transforms as thousands of music fans gather there for an outdoor music festival at the end of every month. Park
Acoustics changes its lineup every month and features a wide range of South African acts.
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Initially there were plans to convert Fort Wonderboompoort and Fort Daspoortrand into prisons but these were never carried out. The roofs of both forts were later demolished; it was speculated that General
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This fort was completed in September 1897 by Von Dewitz and Werner for a total cost of GBP £49,000. As with Fort Schanskop, it was also supplied with electricity, a telephone and running water.
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engineers, Otto Albert Adolph von Dewitz and Heinrich C Werner to build forts instead, was accepted. However, due to a lack of money, only four forts were eventually built.
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Fort Schanskop is a Gauteng Provincial Heritage Site and a
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1720:(in Dutch). Uitgevers-maatschappy "Elzevier". p. 63.
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National Museum of Natural History (Transvaal Museum)
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1986:. Human Science Research Council of South Africa.
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1898:"Voortrekker Monument Pretoria's place to party"
409:fortified rooms were erected as reinforcements.
1817:Commemorating war : the politics of memory
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2005:. Just Done Productions Publishing
1718:Onder het roode kruis in Transvaal
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2405:Solomon Mahlangu Freedom Square
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2312:Tswaing Meteorite Crater Museum
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1555:British occupation of Pretoria
1546:155mm Creusot gun ("Long Tom")
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781:Ruins of Fort Wonderboompoort
706:The fort was acquired by the
2654:South African heritage sites
2015:for a list of all the names.
1999:"SA Roll of Honour Database"
1959:South African History Online
1778:South African History Online
1741:South African History Online
2102:Kantor, Stan & Desiré.
1671:GPX (secondary coordinates)
1283:South African Defence Force
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1483:Léon Grunberg and Sam Léon
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904:Completed 4 September 1897
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1712:Fessler, Julius (1904).
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1277:The area was declared a
1265:Maxim-Nordenfeldt cannon
1218:Corps Vesting Artillerie
966:Corps Vesting Artillerie
731:provincial heritage site
681:Maxim-Nordenfeldt cannon
653:Corps Vesting Artillerie
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2365:Police Transport Museum
1567:The forts after the war
1387:25.733038°S 28.076689°E
1198:Adjutant A.S.D. Erasmus
946:Lieutenant J. Wolmarans
2350:Van Tilburg Collection
2265:Sacred Heart Cathedral
1774:"Fort Wonderboompoort"
1281:. On 31 May 1979, the
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386:The three German forts
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2629:Forts in South Africa
2603:Statue of Paul Kruger
2340:Mapungubwe Collection
2063:samilitaryhistory.org
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2634:History of Pretoria
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2370:Pretoria Art Museum
1804:. 1902. p. 11.
1801:Wide World Magazine
1620:South Africa portal
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1955:"Fort Klapperkop"
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