''The Great Boer War'' is a
non-fiction
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work on the
Boer War
The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the Sou ...
by
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Ho ...
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:
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
Rietfontein is a town in ZF Mgcawu District Municipality located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It functions as the Rietfontein Borderpost with Namibia during the day hours of 08:00-16:30, that gives access to and from south-east N ...
.
*Chapter 7. The Battle of
Ladysmith Ladysmith may refer to:
* Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
* Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
* Ladysmith, Wisconsin, United States
* Ladysmith, New South Wales, Australia
* Ladysmith, Virginia, United States
* Ladysmith Island, Queenslan ...
.
*Chapter 8. Lord Methuen's Advance.
*Chapter 9.
Battle of Magersfontein
The Battle of MagersfonteinSpelt incorrectly in various English texts as "Majersfontein", "Maaghersfontein" and "Maagersfontein". ( ) was fought on 11 December 1899, at Magersfontein, near Kimberley, South Africa, on the borders of the Cape C ...
.
*Chapter 10. The
Battle of Stormberg
The Battle of Stormberg was the first British defeat of Black Week, in which three successive British forces were defeated by Boer irregulars in the Second Boer War.
Background
When the British first drew up a plan of campaign against the Boer r ...
.
*Chapter 11.
Battle of Colenso
The Battle of Colenso was the third and final battle fought during the Black Week of the Second Boer War. It was fought between British and Boer forces from the independent South African Republic and Orange Free State in and around Colenso, Na ...
.
*Chapter 12. The Dark Hour.
*Chapter 13. The
Siege of Ladysmith
The siege of Ladysmith was a protracted engagement in the Second Boer War, taking place between 2 November 1899 and 28 February 1900 at Ladysmith, Natal.
Background
As war with the Boer republics appeared likely in June 1899, the War Office ...
.
*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
The Battle of Paardeberg or Perdeberg ("Horse Mountain") was a major battle during the Second Anglo-Boer War. It was fought near ''Paardeberg Drift'' on the banks of the Modder River in the Orange Free State near Kimberley.
Lord Methuen adv ...
.
*Chapter 20. Roberts's Advance on
Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein, ( ; , "fountain of flowers") also known as Bloem, is one of South Africa's three capital cities and the capital of the Free State (province), Free State province. It serves as the country's judicial capital, along with legisla ...
.
*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
The siege of Mafeking was a 217-day siege battle for the town of Mafeking (now called Mafikeng) in South Africa during the Second Boer War from October 1899 to May 1900. The siege received considerable attention as Lord Edward Cecil, the son of ...
.
*Chapter 25. The March on
Pretoria
Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa.
Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends ...
.
*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
Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which small groups of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tac ...
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
Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey (22 October 1847 – 15 September 1914), better known as Koos de la Rey, was a South African military officer who served as a Boer general during the Second Boer War. also had a political career and was one of the l ...
's Campaign of 1902.
*Chapter 39. The End.
References
External links
''The Great Boer War'' by Arthur Conan Doyle at Google Books
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1900 non-fiction books
Books by Arthur Conan Doyle
Second Boer War
Second Boer War books
Smith, Elder & Co books