Show hULLERS SprIngfield RepublIcan The British In this affair hats hae been Gen believed that Spion I Kop op l ed the hoer In and that Its lis capture would render them untenable lit In this he was ns mIstaken probably lie ho not know thoroughly the topography raphy of the region glon lIe was operating In The Tho It I In clear having better knowledge planted their artillery on higher ground than the kop kOll and then Permitted the British to take the Ule hill bill with anI only 1 a show of resistance The result of this was that when the British had occupied the kop Imp they found that instead of commanding the Doer post lion tion the hoer Doer position commanded them 4 |