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feb 27, 1900 - At Paardeberg, General Piet Cronjé and 3,000 Boer troops unconditionally surrender to British General Frederick Roberts, commander of British forces in South Africa during the Second Boer War

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Roberts receives General Cronje at 7:00 in the morning, and grants a request for safe passage for Cronje and his family to Cape Town.

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feb 27, 1900
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~ 125 years ago