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| | J. B. M. Hertzog -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
 | | Just as Smuts was drawn into the public life of his own country, so, after the outbreak of World War I, he was drawn into international affairs. |
 | | When he and Botha had suppressed rebellion in South Africa, conquered South West Africa, and launched a campaign in East Africa, he went to England for an imperial conference (March 1917). |
 | | During the Boer War of 18991902, Jan Smuts was a guerrilla fighter against British rule in South Africa. |
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