poem · by a contemporary

Poems and songs on the South African War

J. Douglas Borthwick (1831–1912), 1901

Named on the page for Battle of Spion Kop.

machine-read Machine-read (OCR) from a scanned book at the Internet Archive: expect misread words and names. The scan itself is at the library.

draft Matched to the battle automatically; not yet reviewed.

Passages that name the battle; the whole collection is at Internet Archive.

23–24 January 1900

Battle of Spion Kop

THE OLD FLAG.
Asa Ferry, Brandon, Man.
THE OLD FLAG.
Written After Spion Kop Disaster.
Lead on, thou glorious emblem of the free,

AFTER THE BATTLE OF SPION KOP.
108 POEMS AND SONGS
AFTER THE BATTLE OF SPION KOP.
The carnage ceased, which fierce had raged all day,
Thick shades stooped down to pall the hideous sight,

Public domain. Text from Internet Archive.