Sir Redvers Buller Charles Warren Edward Woodgate † Neville Lyttelton Alexander Thorneycroft
Louis Botha Schalk W. Burger Hendrik F. Prinsloo Sr.
Strength
20,000 36 field guns
8,000 4 field guns 2 machine guns[1]
Casualties and losses
243 killed 1,250 wounded[2]
68 killed 267 wounded[2]
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Location of Spion Kop within South Africa (modern boundaries)
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Second Boer War
Kraaipan
Kimberley
Talana Hill
Elandslaagte
1st Ladysmith
2nd Ladysmith
Belmont
Graspan
Modder River
Stormberg
Magersfontein
Colenso
Spion Kop
Vaal Krantz
Paardeberg
Bloody Sunday
Tugela Heights
3rd Ladysmith
Poplar Grove
Driefontein
Sanna's Post
Boshof
Mafeking
Doornkop
Faber's Put
Diamond Hill
Witpoort
1st Elands River
Bergendal
Bothaville
Leliefontein
Nooitgedacht
Helvetia
Middelfontein
Hartbeesfontein
Groenkloof
Modderfontein
Blood River Poort
Bakenlaagte
Groenkop
Tweebosch
Hart's River
Rooiwal
The Battle of Spion Kop (Dutch: Slag bij Spionkop; Afrikaans: Slag van Spioenkop) was a military engagement between British forces and two Boer Republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, during the campaign by the British to relieve the besieged city Ladysmith during the initial months of the Second Boer War. The battle was fought 23–24 January 1900 on the hilltop of Spioen Kop(a), about 38 km (24 mi) west-southwest of Ladysmith and resulted in a Boer victory.
^Thorneycroft, Alexander (1999). The Stationery Office (ed.). The Boer War, Ladysmith and Mafeking, 1900. Uncovered Editions (Abridged ed.). Guildford, Surrey: Biddles Limited. ISBN 0-11-702408-2.
^ ab"The Battle of Spion Kop". British Battles. Archived from the original on 25 May 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
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