The Battle of Spioen Kop - From the Archives
Guerrilla History
Henry
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🗓️ 2 December 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Guerrilla History "From the Archives" is a new series of episodes, consisting of previously patreon-exclusive episodes that we are unlocking for the general public after one year. This From the Archives episode was originally released on Patreon on May 29, 2021, and is about the Battle of Spioen Kop, during the Second Boer War. This battle, which was an utter calamity for the British, was the last high water mark for the Boers during the Boer Wars, and ushered us into the 20th century of warfare.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, guerrilla history listeners. This is Adnan Hussein, one of the co-hosts of guerrilla history. |
| 0:07.3 | Brett, Henry, and I have some news that I hope you'll be excited to hear. More free content for you. |
| 0:14.3 | Every month, as you know, we record a reconnaissance report, a major episode with a guest about their historical work, as well as an |
| 0:22.6 | intelligence briefing, a shorter discussion, usually among the three of us. Occasionally, we also |
| 0:28.2 | post a dispatch from the field of contemporary left history, often with a guest about a breaking |
| 0:33.2 | story or a recent set of events or issues and provide some historical analysis. |
| 0:38.8 | We also typically record a second intelligence briefing as an exclusive episode for patrons, |
| 0:45.9 | subscribers at patreon.com slash gorilla history. |
| 0:50.4 | We have decided to unlock an intelligence briefing each month after a year has passed as special |
| 0:57.3 | from the archive episodes for you to enjoy. We hope you'll find these a useful resource. |
| 1:03.8 | Of course, if you'd like to subscribe and have early access to intelligence briefings and all |
| 1:08.4 | the other additional content like readings and discussions of |
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| 1:17.5 | slash gorilla history with our gratitude. We do this because we love to make history a resource |
| 1:23.6 | in our political education as an activist global left and in our struggles for justice. |
| 1:29.3 | So we're happy to share these older episodes with you in this series from the archive. |
| 1:34.3 | As ever, solidarity. |
| 1:37.3 | You remember Den Ben Boo? |
| 1:46.0 | No! |
| 1:47.0 | The same thing happened in Algeria, in Africa. |
| 1:52.0 | They didn't have anything but a rank. |
| 1:54.0 | The French had all these highly mechanized instruments of warfare. |
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