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[[File:General Louis Botha (6282413691).jpg|thumb|400px|Prime Minister of South Africa 1910-19]]

'''Louis Botha''' ([[27 September]] 1862 – [[27 August]] 1919), was a Dutch South African statesman.

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To his country Botha's death was an irreparable loss. He had attained an influence there, unprecedented even when the disposition of the Dutch South African to give his heart to trusted leaders is taken into account. He had won the devotion of the English-speaking people of the country as no other leader of Dutch birth had been able to win it. The native population believed in him and trusted him. Simple, modest, without personal ambition, he had yet the greatest gift in a national leader, personality. His kindliness was transparent, his temperament always inclined to compromise, his mind naturally impartial. In small things he inclined too often to give way. But in the big things his discernment of principle was unerring, his resolution adamant. Greatness was his by right of nature, a greatness recognized and acclaimed in his last years by the world no less than by his own countrymen.<ref>[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1922_Encyclopædia_Britannica/Botha,_Louis 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica/Botha, Louis] Wikisource. Accessed 6 January, 2018.</ref>

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==Chronological events==

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===[[1914]]===

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===1914===

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*{{ml|~~22 September|22 Sep}} -~~ Assumes command of the Union forces.

|[[22 September]]

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*{{ml|~~4 December|04 Dec}} -~~ Heavily defeats the rebels.

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|Assumes command of the Union forces.

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*{{ml|~~5 December|05 Dec}} -~~ Rebels offer to negotiate; Both demands unconditional surrender.

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*{{ml|~~8 December|08 Dec}} -~~ Crushes the rebellion; 1,200 rebels surrender.

|[[4 December]]

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|Heavily defeats the rebels.

==References/notes==

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|[[5 December]]

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|Rebels offer to negotiate; Both demands unconditional surrender.

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|[[8 December]]

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|Crushes the rebellion; 1,200 rebels surrender.

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{{refs}}

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<noinclude>{{sources}}

[[Category:Great War Index]]

[[Category:Index of people]]

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+[[File:General Louis Botha (6282413691).jpg|thumb|400px|Prime Minister of South Africa 1910-19]]
 '''Louis Botha''' ([[27 September]] 1862 – [[27 August]] 1919), was a Dutch South African statesman.
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 To his country Botha's death was an irreparable loss. He had attained an influence there, unprecedented even when the disposition of the Dutch South African to give his heart to trusted leaders is taken into account. He had won the devotion of the English-speaking people of the country as no other leader of Dutch birth had been able to win it. The native population believed in him and trusted him. Simple, modest, without personal ambition, he had yet the greatest gift in a national leader, personality. His kindliness was transparent, his temperament always inclined to compromise, his mind naturally impartial. In small things he inclined too often to give way. But in the big things his discernment of principle was unerring, his resolution adamant. Greatness was his by right of nature, a greatness recognized and acclaimed in his last years by the world no less than by his own countrymen.<ref>[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1922_Encyclopædia_Britannica/Botha,_Louis 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica/Botha, Louis] Wikisource. Accessed 6 January, 2018.</ref>
+{{index intro}}
-==Chronological events==
+===[[1914]]===
-{{otd-intro}}
+{| class="timeline"
-===1914===
+|-
-*{{ml|22 September|22 Sep}} - Assumes command of the Union forces.
+|[[22 September]]
-*{{ml|4 December|04 Dec}} - Heavily defeats the rebels.
+|Assumes command of the Union forces.
-*{{ml|5 December|05 Dec}} - Rebels offer to negotiate; Both demands unconditional surrender.
+|-
-*{{ml|8 December|08 Dec}} - Crushes the rebellion; 1,200 rebels surrender.
+|[[4 December]]
+|Heavily defeats the rebels.
-==References/notes==
+|-
-{{reflist}}
+|[[5 December]]
-<noinclude>
+|Rebels offer to negotiate; Both demands unconditional surrender.
+|-
+|[[8 December]]
+|Crushes the rebellion; 1,200 rebels surrender.
+|}
+<!--{{notes}}-->{{refs}}
+<noinclude>{{sources}}
 [[Category:Great War Index]]
 [[Category:Index of people]]
 </noinclude>
+{{timeline styles}}