The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Three Boer snipers defend Spion Kop, a prominent feature dominating the terrain. The Commander-in-Chief Natal Army, General Sir Redvers Buller, was ordered to relieve Ladysmith which was held under siege by Boer forces. In two days of fighting at Spion Kop, 322 British troops were killed. While no Australian state unit was involved, many individual Australians served with British units that conducted the relief campaign. Several were also wounded in the battle.
SPION KOP, NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA, C 1900. THE HILLTOP WHERE BRITISH FORCES SUFFERED HEAVY CASUALTIES DURING GENERAL SIR REDVERS BULLER'S ATTEMPTS TO RELIEVE LADYSMITH. (PHOTOGRAPHERS: UNDERWOOD AND UNDE
THE HILLTOP (SPION KOP) WHERE BRITISH FORCES SUFFERED HEAVY CASUALTIES DURING GENERAL SIR REDVERS BULLER'S ATTEMPTS TO RELIEVE LADYSMITH. (PHOTOGRAPHERS: UNDERWOOD AND UNDERWOOD. ORIGINALS IN AWM ARCH
NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA, C 1900. BOER ENTRENCHMENTS RUNNING FROM KRANTZ KLOOF TO SPION KOP. THESE TRENCHES FRUSTRATED BRITISH ATTEMPTS TO RAISE THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH AND CAUSED HEAVY CASUALTIES. (PHOTOGR
Cream silk taffeta ribbon. Written in the centre in gold is 'Earl Dundonald's Brigade / RELIEF OF LADYSMITH, FEB. 28th, 1900.' Below this is 'BULLER.' a pair of clasped hands and 'WHITE.' with 'South
LADYSMITH AREA, SOUTH AFRICA, C 1900. SPION KOP, THE MOUNTAIN IN THE BACKGROUND, WAS THE SCENE OF HEAVY BRITISH LOSSES BEFORE THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH WAS LIFTED. (PHOTOGRAPHERS: UNDERWOOD AND UNDERWOOD
LADYSMITH AREA, SOUTH AFRICA, C 1900. SPION KOP, THE MOUNTAIN IN THE BACKGROUND, WAS THE SCENE OF HEAVY BRITISH LOSSES BEFORE THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH WAS LIFTED. (PHOTOGRAPHERS: UNDERWOOD AND UNDERWOOD
