Talk:Battle of Spion Kop

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Contents 1 Renaming of page 2 Rewrite 3 Reverse slope defence 4 Boer artillery?

[edit] Renaming of page

Discussion on renaming this page has been archived at Talk:Battle of Spion Kop/Archive 1.

A vote was taken, and the decision was to leave it where it is. Wizzy…☎ 13:50, Mar 16, 2005 (UTC)

For completeness I added the Dutch name of the battle to the text; as questioned in the archive on the topic, Dutch combines separate words the same as Afrikaans does, thus Slag bij Spionkop. The difference is that Afrikaans uses van, meaning of, while Dutch uses bij, meaning near or at for the designation of battlefields. Michel Doortmont (talk) 23:17, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rewrite

I have modified the article to provide a better picture of the actual events. I will undetake further modifications when I have time. I dont know how to reference things in wiki yet but my sources are "The Boer War" by Thomas Packenham and a visit to the battlefield an the literature available there.

Regards, Jon. 29/09/2006

Nice job. Wizzy…☎ 10:55, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reverse slope defence

Sorry but I dispute this

'The Boers sited their defensive positions not on the crests of hills but instead on the rear slope, out of sight of enemy forces, a tactic unfamiliar to British military orthodoxy.'

Since its what Wellington used in the Peninsula War and at Waterloo.Koonan the almost civilised 01:27, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

I agree with you and furthermore think its neither true nor relevant to this battle and so have removed it.

172.202.248.205 14:12, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Boer artillery?

The infobox gives artillery strength for the British but not the Boers, although the article mentions Boer shelling. This seems like an anomaly. --Graminophile 17:39, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

The only reference that I can find is to "three field guns and two pom-poms" although this is hardly specific enough to include in the article. I'll see what I can dig up. Jonewer 08:25, 4 November 2007 (UTC)