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Commandant Scheepers attacks Willowmore

Boer commandos attacked Willowmore twice in 1901.

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During the South African War, Boer commandos under Commandant Gideon Scheepers attacked Willowmore on 19 January and again on 1 June 1901. The conflict interrupted the town's late nineteenth-century growth and left graves and military sites in the district.

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