24 Jan 1900 Jahr - At the Battle of Spion Kop in the Second Boer War, the 8,000 Boer troops, under the command of General Louis Botha, defeat a 25,000-man British contingent, led by Sir Charles Warren

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General Redvers Buller cables to London that "Gen. Warren's garrison, I am sorry to say, I find this morning, had in the night abandoned Spion Kop." Because the slope below Spion Kop is too steep, artillery could not be taken up the hill by either side, and the battle was waged entirely by riflemen. The British reportedly has 243 dead and 1,250 wounded, along with about 300 men captured by the Boers, but the Boers' victory comes at a cost of 335 total casualties, including 68 killed and 267 wounded.

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