The surrender of General Cronje after the Battle of Paardeberg or Perdeberg, South Africa, 27 February 1900 during the Second Boer War. Pieter Arnoldus Cronj?, aka Piet Cronj?, 1836  1911. General of the South African Republic's military forces during the Anglo-Boer wars of 1880-1881 and 1899-1902. From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published c. 1900.