The central rendezvous beside the Newcastle road was well protected by a high rocky hill, which one can only call a kopje now.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government] Reference

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 been gained.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference

At the Manharen, a peculiar kind of kopje, we halted, but had to retreat further towards evening.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Commando] Reference

We reached a neighbouring kopje and halted at the base.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference

They were forced to take advantage of the first kopje, as.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference

Naval Brigade up the kopje with splendid pluck and ability.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference

The Boers afterwards took up a strong position on a kopje at Pont's.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference

This kopje, named Colesberg kopje, became afterward the famous Kimberley mine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference

We were posted on this kopje for the rest of the day, and at night upon another.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference

So I will desist for the present, and resume this to-morrow on the top of a kopje.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference

Not to be too long-winded, we carried ridge after ridge of kopje for several miles.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference

We dismounted, lined the kopje we had ridden up to, and watched the work of our gunners.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference

Last night I was in charge of one of the pickets on top of the already referred to kopje.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference

To the east was another kopje, which commanded the top of the position at about 500 yards.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference

The position we occupied, I should mention, was at the base of a kopje opposite to that held by the.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference

The snipers hung persistently on to our tail, occupying each ridge and kopje as we retired from them.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference

Then striking out in a north-easterly direction, he made for a small kopje overlooking the Boer camp.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference

We took up a position on a kopje opposite to the right of the Nek, and for a few hours had a rare easy time.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference

The enemy went helter-skelter to their second kopje on the right, where another force was strongly intrenched.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference

A few miles on and our friend the enemy opened fire on us, or, rather, on a kopje on which we had just placed a.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference

I am almost baking on the top of this kopje, as I sit with my back against a rock and indite these little records.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference

On the 14th the Free State troops took up a position on a small kopje whence a British battery strove to rout them.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference

We then ascended a big kopje and were placed at various observation posts till such time as the convoy should move off.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference

The Boers retiring, we (that is the battalion) occupied one kopje and then another, the dust flicking up in front of us.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference

We Mounted Infantry remained behind the kopje and dozed and lunched while desultory shells now and again whizzed over us.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference

Later two strong parties of mounted men took position on the far side of the two hills commanding the kopje from the west.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference

Lieutenant Galway, son of the Chief-Justice of Natal, who remained to watch his troops off the kopje, was reported missing.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference

Fifteen of these were added to our small number, and between us occupied four sangars at the most suitable parts of the kopje.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference

He was busy trying to persuade Mrs. Hading to come for a spin around the Wankelo kopje in his car, and he was not unsuccessful.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference

The companies pushed forward, however, by successive rushes until they reached a donga some three hundred yards from the kopje.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference

Five months later another bed of diamonds was found on the same farm, lying on a sloping kopje, one mile from the first location.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference

These men absolutely raked the plateau, and it was then that the men were ordered to take cover on the steep reverse of the kopje.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference

Later, in galloping across an exposed space to occupy another kopje, the captain's horse was shot under him, as well as several others.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference

The descent of the kopje this morning was, I think, more fagging than the previous evening's ascent, though quicker as you can imagine.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference

Presently at the bottom of the kopje came horsemen -- some five of them -- galloping along, and the adventurous one made haste to hide.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference

We reached Rustenburg at about six o'clock, and had to go on outlying picket on a terribly-high kopje, known as Flag Staff Hill, at once.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference

Finally, as they were retreating in hot haste across the plain, the 9th Lancers charged them, and succeeded in catching up their rear close to a kopje where they were sheltering.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference