Battle of Spion Kop by Oliver Ransford
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Battle of Spion Kop by Oliver Ransford
Hardcover, ISBN 9780719519147
Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd
Used - Very Good: Book and Good DJ protected with Cellophane. Small tear on top of DJ.
1969. First Edition.
Spion Kop was the scene of bitter fighting in the Anglo-Boer war of 1899-1902 with a climatic battle whish is vividly described in this book.
The Battle of Spion Kop 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 Spion Kop, about 38 km (24 mi) west-southwest of Ladysmith.
It resulted in a Boer victory.
