tardy in arriving. Still, perhaps it was not Warren's failure to remedy these deficiencies that proved his worst error. It was his failure to tell Thorneycroft of his plans to do so. Astonishing as it may seem, he had sent no direct instructions to Thorneycroft since the heliogram appointing him a general at midday. He had left it to Coke to reassure Thorneycroft, although (by another astonishing blunder) Warren had never actually told Coke that he had put Thorneycroft in charge. Then, to compound all these blunders, at 9:00 pm Warren had ordered Coke to return to the HQ for consultation, leaving Thorneycroft alone among the horrors on the summit. Note about the name The common English name for the battle is "Spion Kop" throughout the Commonwealth and its historical literature, the official South African English and Afrikaans name for the battle is "Spioenkop": spioen means "spy" or "look-out", and kop means "hill" or "outcropping". Another variant that is sometimes found is the combination into "Spioenkop". The reason why the older spelling is used internationally is because the name "Spioenkop" originates from Dutch; Spion [spee-yawn], and not spioen [spee-yoon], is the Dutch word for "spy". Until the 1920s, Dutch was still the official written language of the Boers, which is why the older Dutch spelling persists outside South Africa. Within South Africa, the spelling was updated along with Afrikaans spelling reform and recognition of Afrikaans as a language in its own right. Legacy of the name Many football grounds in England in the Premier League and Football League have one terrace or stand in their stadia named "Kop" or "Spioen Kop" because of the steep nature of the terracing. For a history and list of these, see Spioen Kop (stadiums). The village of Spioen Kop near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire was named after the battle. A hill outside Rugeley, Staffordshire part of Cannock Chase AONB, SSSI is called Spioen Kop, in memory of the battle. A hill outside Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys is called Spioen Kop, in memory of the battle. The 18th hole at The Otago Golf Club, Dunedin, New Zealand oldest golf club in the southern hemisphere, is called Spioen Kop. Daleview cottages, in the village of Ballybrack, in Co. Dublin, Ireland, were known locally as "The Kop". They were built around 1900 and are on a steep hill. The higher part of Wivenhoe village, Essex, England, is known as Spioen