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SPION KOP

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 692 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SPION KOP , a See also:

mountain in See also:Natal on the See also:north See also:side of the See also:Tugela See also:River, and 24 M. W.S.W. of See also:Ladysmith. It is celebrated as the See also:scene of a See also:battle (See also:Jan. 24, 1900) in the See also:Transvaal See also:War, in which the See also:British forces under See also:Sir Redvers See also:Buller were defeated by the Boers (see TRANSVAAL and LADYSMITH). The Spion Kop incident led to much controversy; for an admirable elucidation of the facts see The Times See also:History of the War in See also:South See also:Africa. The name itself (Dutch for " Look-out See also:Hill ") is fairly See also:common.as a See also:place-name in South Africa.

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