Event EVT-000254
28 November 1838 · national · Prince Albert
Andries Pretorius and Karel Landman out of Sooilaer with about 470 men and 64 wagons, in answer to the killing of Piet Retief's party in February, the Bloukrans murders that followed within days, and the attack on Veglaer. The Gelofte was made on the march.
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