''The Great Boer War'' is a
non-fiction
Non-fiction (or nonfiction) is any document or content (media), media content that attempts, in good faith, to convey information only about the real life, real world, rather than being grounded in imagination. Non-fiction typically aims to pre ...
work on the
Boer War
The Second Boer War (, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic an ...
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 Hol ...
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.
*Chapter 7. The Battle of
Ladysmith.
*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, Northern Cape, Kimberley, South Africa, on t ...
.
*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
Bloemfontein ( ; ), also known as Bloem, is the capital and the largest city of the Free State (province), Free State province in South Africa. It is often, and has been traditionally, referred to as the country's "judicial capital", alongsi ...
.
*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
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 books
Smith, Elder & Co. books