The Spioenkop Campaign: The Battles to Relieve Ladysmith, 17-27 January 1900
The Spioenkop Campaign: The Battles to Relieve Ladysmith, 17-27 January 1900 After the defeat at Colenso, the Natal Field Force under General Buller needed to break through the Boer lines and relieve…
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The Spioenkop Campaign: The Battles to Relieve Ladysmith, 17-27 January 1900
After the defeat at Colenso, the Natal Field Force under General Buller needed to break through the Boer lines and relieve the besieged town of Ladysmith. These significant and prolonged battles have largely been ignored because of the horror of Spion Kop (Spioenkop) on 24 January. Buller's army marched westwards, crossed the Tugela River at Trichardt's Drift and Potgieter's Drift, and from 17-27 January 1900 fought the Boers with artillery and infantry attacks.
This book is the culmination of years of study, and correctly places Spioenkop in the context of the larger campaign. Yet Spion Kop began as a small flank attack -- only a tenth of the British force were initially involved, and only 300 Boers counter-attacked. The author uses battlefield archeology and eyewitness accounts of Boer and British participants to create a highly original and detailed account.
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