Lys van deelnemers aan die Slag van Bloedrivier (roll of the Wenkommando, 16 Dec 1838)
reference · geraadpleeg 2026-08-01
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- Afrikaanse Wikipedia, compiled from Bloedrivier.org (Willie Smith, Johann Janse van Rensburg, Gerhard Swart, 2004-2018); genealogy from Du Toit & Steenkamp, Die Bloedrivierse Eeufeesgedenkboek, and De Villiers & Pama
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- 2026-08-01
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AN AVOWEDLY INCOMPLETE ROLL: 388 names, against 464 white men in Bantjes's Journaal, or 460 per Pretorius, or 407 in a third source. The 59 'kleurlinge' and about 200 Zulus who went with Biggar, Parker and Joyce are not named at all. Drawn up a few days after the battle near Dingaanstat. THE POINT THAT MATTERS FOR THIS PROJECT: 74 of the 388 entries carry a de Villiers/Pama code identifying the exact man - 'Pretorius, Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus (b3c1d5e11)'. The single van Zyl entry reads '* van Zyl, Jacobus' AND CARRIES NO CODE. The compilers did not establish which Jacobus van Zyl it was.
Woordeliks gehou. Hierdie projek weerspreek gepubliseerde genealogieë en stel 'n familie se eie mondelinge oorlewering reg, so elke bewering moet nagegaan kan word deur iemand wat nie in die vertrek was nie.