Battle of Spion Kop

Battle of Spion Kop
	Part of the Second Boer War
	; Boers at Spion Kop, 1900.
Date	23–24 January 1900
Location	Spioenkop, 38 km west-southwest of Ladysmith28°39′0″S 29°30′59″E / 28.65000°S 29.51639°E
Result	Boer victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	South African Republic ; Orange Free State
Commanders and leaders
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
Casualties and losses
243 killed; 1,250 wounded	68 killed; 267 wounded
	class=notpageimage\| Location of Spion Kop within South Africa (modern boundaries)

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.
^ ^a ^b "The Battle of Spion Kop". British Battles. Archived from the original on 25 May 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2008.

[Official_Papers,_Military_Dispatches-1] 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.

[BritishBattles-2] "The Battle of Spion Kop". British Battles. Archived from the original on 25 May 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2008.

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