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swiftly in the border districts, therefore the commando system was expanded and formalized. Each district had a Kommandant who was charged with calling up all burghers in times of need. During the first British invasion of the Cape Colony in 1795 and the second invasion in 1806, the commandos were called up to defend the Cape Colony. During the Battle of Blaauwberg

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