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
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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,
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Packenham, Thomas. The Boer War. New York: Avon Books, 1979.
Reddy, E. S. "India and the Anglo-Boer War." Http://www.mkgandhi.org/articles/
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"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, after retiring from the U.S. Navy as a Chief Petty Officer,
received his BA in History from Old Dominion University (ODU), Norfolk, VA,
and his MA in Military Studies, Land Warfare from the American Military
University (AMU), Manassas Park, VA. 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 the author and info on his current writing
projects can be viewed on his web page at http://www.robertcdaniels.com.
He currently teaches adjunct History at Tidewater Community College in
Virginia Beach, VA, and online at the University of Phoenix when not
managing a U.S. Coast Guard schoolhouse.
Published online: 3/31/2007.
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