Marthinus Prinsloo was an Orange Free State Boer farmer, politician and general in the Second Boer War.
10 Facts About Marthinus Prinsloo
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Marthinus Prinsloo was born of Nicolaas Frans Prinsloo and Isabella Johanna Petronella Rautenbach in the district of Graaff-Reinet, South Africa who migrated to the Orange Free State where they lived in Bloemfontein, Waterval and Bethlehem.
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Marthinus Prinsloo was the eldest brother of Orange Free State assistant chief commander Antonie Michael Prinsloo.
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Marthinus Prinsloo married Elsie Petronella Jacoba Botha who would give him five sons and eight daughters.
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In 1876 Marthinus Prinsloo was elected a Member of the Volksraad of the Orange Free State in Bloemfontein for Koranaberg and served on several committees, establishing a reputation as an eloquent speaker.
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Marthinus Prinsloo returned to his family farm of Waterval and was elected in 1883 to the Volksraad representing Taaiboschspruit.
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Marthinus Prinsloo continued commander of the Winburg Commando and was a justice of the peace.
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Marthinus Prinsloo partook of the siege of Ladysmith and fought several battles.
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Marthinus Prinsloo was then chosen by Orange Free State president Steyn to temporarily command Orange Free State troops in the Brandwater Basin in the east of the Free State.
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The British surrounded Marthinus Prinsloo by blocking the passes of Witnek, Kommandonek, Noupoortsnek and finally the Golden Gate pass to the east on the Little Caledon River, so that Marthinus Prinsloo felt forced to surrender with his army to general Archibald Hunter on 30 July 1900.