An Acre of Massacre: The Second Boer War's Battle of Spion Kop

ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) Boers and Brits clash atop Spion Kop. (2) Boer snipers pick off British troops on Spion Kop. (3) British troops flee to the rear in the face of well-aimed Boer sniper fire from atop Spion Kop.

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I really enjoy reading about the Boer Wars. They were rough goings. We can learn much from the mistakes and achievements by both sides.

The British suffered 243 fatalities during the battle; many were buried in the trenches where they fell. Approximately 1,250 British were either wounded or captured. Mohandas Gandhi was a stretcher-bearer at the battle, in the Indian Ambulance Corps he had organised, and was decorated.

Mohandas Gandhi is one and the same as Mahatma Gandhi.