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Daniels Articles Hitler, Germany's Worst General Failures during the Spanish Civil War MacArthur's Failures in the Philippines Muslim Invasion of Iberia The Failures at Spion Kop Combatants in Black Hawk War Books by Robert C. Daniels 1220 Days: The Story Of U.S. Marine Edmond Babler And His Experiences In Japanese Prisoner Of War Camps During World War II Ads by Google The Failures at Spion Kop The Failures at Spion Kop  by Robert C. Daniels Footnotes and Works Cited Footnotes [1]. Deneys Reitz, Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War (London: Penguin Books, 1948), 89. [2]. Byron Farwell, The Great Anglo-Boer War (New York: Harper & Row, 1976), 185. [3]. Thomas Packenham, The Boer War (New York: Avon Books, 1979), 251. [4]. Ibid., 255. [5]. Ruari Chisholm. Ladysmith (London: Osprey Publishing Limited, 1979), 176. [6]. Arthur Conan Doyle, The Great Boer War (McLean, VA: IndyPublish.com, n.d), 159 [7]. Packenham, 251. [8]. Doyle, 159. [9]. Ibid. [10]. Packenham, 294. [11]. Eversley Belfield, The Boer War (London: Leo Cooper LTD., 1975), 70. [12]. Doyle, 159-160. [13]. Belfield, 70. [14]. Ibid. [15]. Doyle, 160. [16]. Ibid. [17]. Ibid. [18]. Belfield, 71. [19]. Chisholm, 179. [20]. Doyle, 161. [21]. Pakenham, 295. [22]. Ibid., 304. [23]. Belfield, 71. [24]. Chisholm, 181. [25]. Pakenham, 296. [26]. Ibid. [27]. Belfield, 71. [28]. Chisholm, 181. [29]. Pakenham, 297. [30]. Belfield, 71. [31]. Ibid. [32]. Farwell, 166. [33]. Ibid., 167. Farwell's reference from The Times History is from S. L. Amery (ed.), The Times History of the War in South Africa, V. 3, p. 239. [34]. Belfield, 71. [35]. Farwell, 168. [36]. Pakenham, 297. [37]. "The Battles of Ventner's Spruit and Spion Kop." Http:// www.guardiancentery.co.uk/1899-1909/Story/0,6051,94838,00.html. [38]. Pakenham, 297. [39]. Doyle, 162. [40]. Pakenham, 296. [41]. Farwell, 167. [42]. Chisholm, 181. [43]. Pakenham, 298. [44]. Farwell, 167. [45]. Ibid., 168. [46]. Ibid. [47]. Ibid. [48]. Pakenham, 299. [49]. Ibid. [50]. Farwell, 169. [51]. Ibid., 168. [52]. Ibid., 169. [53]. Reitz, 82-83. [54]. Farwell, 169. [55]. Reitz, 83. [56]. Chisholm, 184. [57]. Farwell, 169. [58]. Reitz, 83. [59]. Pakenham, 305. [60]. Farwell, 169-170. [61]. Ibid., 170. [62]. Reitz, 84. [63]. Farwell, 170. [64]. Ibid., 172. [65]. Reitz, 84. [66]. Ibid. [67]. Ibid., 86. [68]. Chisholm, 185. [69]. Ibid. [70]. Doyle, 164-156. [71]. Pakenham, 308. [72]. Ibid., 310. [73]. Farwell, 172. [74]. Belfield, 74. [75]. Farwell, 174. [76]. Ibid., 174-175. [77]. Belfield, 73. [78]. Pakenham, 313. [79]. Ibid. [80]. Belfield, 73. [81]. Farwell, 179. [82]. Ibid., 181. [83]. Chisholm, 188. [84]. Farwell, 177. [85]. Ibid. [86]. Ibid. [87]. Pakenham, 317. [88]. Farwell, 177. [89]. Pakenham, 317. [90]. Chisholm, 188. [91]. E. S. Reddy, "India and the Anglo-Boer War," (Http://www.mkgandhi.org/articles/boer_war.htm). [92]. Farwell, 178. [93]. Ibid. [94]. Ibid. [95]. Ibid., 179. [96]. Ibid., 178-179. [97]. Ibid. [98]. Chisholm, 188. [99]. Ibid. [100]. Farwell, 181. [101]. Reitz, 88. [102]. Ibid. [103]. Ibid., 89. [104]. Ibid. [105]. Ibid., 90. [106]. Farwell, 182-183. [107]. Ibid., 183. [108]. Belfield, 75. [109]. Reitz, 91. [110]. Ibid., 91-92. [111]. Ibid., 92. [112]. Pakenham, 320. [113]. Farwell, 182-183. [114]. Pakenham, 320. [115]. Ibid. Works Cited Belfield, Eversley. The Boer War. London: Leo Cooper LTD., 1975. Chisholm, Ruari. Ladysmith. London: Osprey Publishing Limited, 1979. Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Great Boer War. McLean, VA: IndyPublish.com, n.d. Farwell, Byron. The Great Anglo-Boer War. New York: Harper & Row, 1976. Packenham, Thomas. The Boer War. New York: Avon Books, 1979. Reddy, E. S. "India and the Anglo-Boer War." Http://www.mkgandhi.org/articles/ boer_war.htm. Reitz, Deneys. Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War. London: Penguin Books, 1948. "The battles of Ventner's Spruit and Spion Kop." Http:// www.guardiancentery.co.uk/ 1899-1909/Story/0,6051,94838,00.html. * * * Copyright © 2007 Robert C. Daniels. Written by Robert C. Daniels. If you have questions or comments on this article, please contact Robert Daniels at: rdaniels26@cox.net. About the author: Robert Daniels received his BA in History from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA in 1999 after retiring from the U.S. Navy as a Chief Petty Officer. He has recently received his MA in Military Studies, Land Warfare from AMU. He has also written and published a book telling the exploits of a WWII U.S. Marine as he spent 1,220 days in Japanese POW camps after surrendering on Corregidor. An excerpt of this book as well a short bio on him and info on his current writing projects can be viewed on his web page at http://www.robertcdaniels.com. Published online: 3/31/2007. * Views expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent those of MHO.

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