Near the end of the war Maritz ordered the killing of 35 Coloured ( Khoikhoi ) in what became known as the Leliefontein massacre . Gideon Scheepers and Breaker Morant were court martialled and shot for similar crimes . When peace was made , the burghers of the erstwhile republics were obliged to lay down their arms and sign an oath of allegiance to the British monarch . Instead Maritz slipped over the border to German-South-West Africa . In his autobiography Maritz does not say why he did so
Leliefontein massacre
Leliefontein massacre
Manie Maritz