Christiaan Rudolf De Wet
… Rey, now a Government senator, Lieutenant-Colonel 'Manie' Maritz, who was in command of the Union forces near the … to address the soldiers in the camp at Potchefstroom. And Maritz was to defect to the Germans with his men. Beyers and … achieved nothing. Soon after De la Rey's funeral, Maritz defected to the German side with more than a thousand …