Crouje, PIET, a Transvaal general, born in 1835, took a leading part in the wars with Britain in 1881 and in 1899-1900. After a skilful and determined resistance to Lord Methuen at Magersfontein, he surrendered with 4000 of his army to Lord Roberts on the Modder River on 27th February 1900. He was sent with other Boer prisoners to St Helena.
Crouje, PIET
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 581
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