Nicolas Smit

Nicolas Smit was a Boer general in the First Boer War.

He won the Battle of Majuba Hill, the most important battle of this war.

Persondata
Name	Smit, Nicolas
Alternative names	Smit, Nicolaas Jacobus
Short description	Commander of the South AfricaBoer forces at the battles of Ingogo and Majuba in 1881. As member of the Volksraad [Parliament] he was chosen vice-president of South Africa in 1887.
Date of birth	Doornbos, Graaff-Reinet district, South Africa
Place of birth	30 May 1837
Date of death	4 April 1896
Place of death	Pretoria, South Africa

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