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hill on African veld; a small isolated hill;

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  • The central rendezvous beside the Newcastle road was well protected by a high rocky hill, which one can only call a kopje now.
  • The Boers subsequently succeeded in removing the piece during the night, although its descent from the kopje was a task of some serious labour and took two hours.
  • The summit of the kopje was a plateau, all the sides being gradual slopes except the eastern, which was almost sheer, this latter being the side from which access had...
  • At the Manharen, a peculiar kind of kopje, we halted, but had to retreat further towards evening.
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