Pieter Hendrik Kritzinger

Pieter Hendrik Kritzinger (1870, Port Elizabeth – 1930, Cradock, Eastern Cape), was a Boer general and guerrilla commander during the Second Boer War.

As a part of General Christiaan de Wet's Free State forces, Kritzinger's commandos with Gideon's successful launched attacks deep into the Cape Colony on the British troops . The British communications and supply lines were severely disrupted.

References

  • Gomm, Neville (December 1970). "Commandant P.H. Kritzinger in the Cape". Military History Journal. The South African Military History Society. Retrieved 26 June 2011.


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