The Great Boer War Explained

The Great Boer War
Author:	Arthur Conan Doyle
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Subject:	Second Boer War
Published:	London
Publisher:	Smith, Elder & Co
Pub Date:	1900
Wikisource:	The Great Boer War

The Great Boer War is a non-fiction work on the Boer War by Arthur Conan Doyle and first published in 1900 by Smith, Elder & Co. By the end of the war in 1902 the book had been published in 16 editions, constantly revised by Doyle. The Introduction describes the book as:^[1]

The book was completed in September 1900, when the British believed that the war had finished. However, the war continued until 1902.

Contents

• Chapter 1. The Boer Nations.
• Chapter 2. The Cause of Quarrel.
• Chapter 3. The Negotiations.
• Chapter 4. The Eve of War.
• Chapter 5. Talana Hill.
• Chapter 6. Elandslaagte and Rietfontein.
• Chapter 7. The Battle of Ladysmith.
• Chapter 8. Lord Methuen's Advance.
• Chapter 9. Battle of Magersfontein.
• Chapter 10. The Battle of Stormberg.
• Chapter 11. Battle of Colenso.
• Chapter 12. The Dark Hour.
• Chapter 13. The Siege of Ladysmith.
• Chapter 14. The Colesberg Operations.
• Chapter 15. Spion Kop.
• Chapter 16. Vaalkranz.
• Chapter 17. Buller's Final Advance.
• Chapter 18. The Siege and Relief of Kimberley.
• Chapter 19. Paardeberg.
• Chapter 20. Roberts's Advance on Bloemfontein.
• Chapter 21. Strategic Effects of Lord Roberts's March.
• Chapter 22. The Halt at Bloemfontein.
• Chapter 23. The Clearing of the South-East.
• Chapter 24. The Siege of Mafeking.
• Chapter 25. The March on Pretoria.
• Chapter 26. Diamond Hill—Rundle's Operations.
• Chapter 27. The Lines of Communication.
• Chapter 28. The Halt at Pretoria.
• Chapter 29. The Advance to Komatipoort.
• Chapter 30. The Campaign of de Wet.
• Chapter 31. The Guerilla Warfare in the Transvaal: Nooitgedacht.
• Chapter 32. The Second Invasion of Cape Colony.
• Chapter 33. The Northern Operations from January to April, 1901.
• Chapter 34. The Winter Campaign (April to September, 1901).
• Chapter 35. The Guerilla Operations in Cape Colony.
• Chapter 36. The Spring Campaign (September to December, 1901).
• Chapter 37. The Campaign of January to April, 1902.
• Chapter 38. De la Rey's Campaign of 1902.
• Chapter 39. The End.

References

1. Book: Conan Doyle, Arthur . The Great Boer War . Smith, Elder & Co. . 1900 . London . 476. 9781419164583 .

External links

• The Great Boer War by Arthur Conan Doyle at Google Books