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Deneys Reitz

Deneys Reitz (3 April 1882 – 19 October 1944), son of Francis William Reitz, was a Boer soldier who fought in the Second Boer War for the Boer Republics against the British Empire. After a period of exile in French Madagascar he returned to South Africa, where he became a lawyer and founded a major South African law firm. In the First World War he fought for the Union of South Africa against the German Empire, and then was an officer in the British Army, commanding several battalions. In later life he was a politician. Deneys Reitz was educated at Grey College, Bloemfontein.

While in exile in Madagascar, Reitz wrote about his experiences as a Boer soldier. His recollections were published in 1929 as ''Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War''. The account is unique in that he was present at virtually every major event of the war. Provided by Wikipedia