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'The Pilgrim's Rest', caricature af Paul Kruger, South African politician, 1900. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne

'The Pilgrim's Rest', caricature af Paul Kruger, South African politician, 1900. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne

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'The Pilgrim's Rest', caricature af Paul Kruger, South African politician, 1900. Known as Oom (uncle) Paul, Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (1825-1904) was President of the Transvaal or South African Republic from 1883. In the 2nd Boer War (1899-1900), Kruger was too old and unwell to take an active role in the field and he moved to the Netherlands. Cartoon from Punch showing a dismayed Kruger holding a newspaper reporting the annexation of the Transvaal by Lord Roberts. (London, 12 September 1900).

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