Pieter Arnoldus "Piet" Cronjé (4 October 1836 – 4 February 1911) was a South African Boer General during the Anglo-Boer Wars of 1880–1881 and 1899–1902.

In Memoriam card disparaging his surrender of 4150 Boers at the Battle of Paardeberg on the 27th of February 1900.

Cronje was dubbed ‘The Circus General’

‘Bobs’ is a reference to Field Marshal Roberts.

After his surrender he and his wife, Hester, were sent to a prison-of-war camp on Saint Helena, where he remained until the conclusion of peace negotiations in 1902.

Majuba Day (Afrikaans: Majubadag) was a major annual national celebration on 27 February in the South African Republic in the period between the First and Second Boer Wars. The day was named after the Battle of Majuba Hill (near Volksrust, South Africa) where on 27 February 1881 the main battle of the First Boer War took place.

During the Second Boer War, the surrender of Piet Cronjé to the British after the equally resounding Battle of Paardeberg took place on 27 February 1900, leading Paul Kruger to declare, "The English have taken our Majuba Day away from us".

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