1914 "La Femme Contemporaine" women's fencing competition
The Algemeen Handelsblad newspaper stated fencers from three nations competed, being Belgium, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Newspaper De Telegraaf lists  Pretorius as a German, and newspaper De Maasbode names her fräulein, the German language honorific for unmarried women. Algemeen Handelsblad only states that Preorius is from the Belgian "Salle Verbrugge" without indicating a nationality.