Commandant J. H. Olivier

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Source: Rompel’s Heroes of the Boer War, 133.

“Commandant Olivier, the hero of Stormberg; a great tactician. He and the Transvaal Commandant. Lemmer, succeeded, notwithstanding the occupation of Bloemfontein, in extricating the whole Boer force in the North of Cape Colony (21 March 1900), without losing a gun, waggon or horse.”

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Rompel, Frederik. Heroes of the Boer War. London: “Review of Reviews” Office; The Hague and Pretoria: the “Nederland” Publishing Co., 1903. Internet Archive version of a copy in the University of California Library. Web. 22 December 2014.

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