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The Great Boer War

The Great Boer War

by Arthur Conan Doyle

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Author
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
Credits
Produced by Robert Laing, Sue Asscher, and David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa
Subject
South African War, 1899-1902
Category
Text
eBook-No.
3069
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3069
Release Date
February 1, 2002
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE GREAT BOER WAR
  2. 2.By Arthur Conan Doyle
  3. 3.PREFACE TO THE FINAL EDITION.
  4. 4.CHAPTER 1. THE BOER NATIONS.
  5. 5.CHAPTER 2. THE CAUSE OF QUARREL.
  6. 6.CHAPTER 3. THE NEGOTIATIONS.
  7. 7.CHAPTER 4. THE EVE OF WAR.
  8. 8.CHAPTER 5. TALANA HILL.
  9. 9.CHAPTER 6. ELANDSLAAGTE AND RIETFONTEIN.
  10. 10.CHAPTER 7. THE BATTLE OF LADYSMITH.
  11. 11.CHAPTER 8. LORD METHUEN'S ADVANCE.
  12. 12.CHAPTER 9. BATTLE OF MAGERSFONTEIN.
  13. 13.CHAPTER 10. THE BATTLE OF STORMBERG.
  14. 14.CHAPTER 11. BATTLE OF COLENSO.
  15. 15.CHAPTER 12. THE DARK HOUR.
  16. 16.CHAPTER 13. THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH.
  17. 17.CHAPTER 14. THE COLESBERG OPERATIONS.
  18. 18.CHAPTER 15. SPION KOP.
  19. 19.CHAPTER 16. VAALKRANZ.
  20. 20.CHAPTER 17. BULLER'S FINAL ADVANCE.
  21. 21.CHAPTER 18. THE SIEGE AND RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY.
  22. 22.CHAPTER 19. PAARDEBERG.
  23. 23.CHAPTER 20. ROBERTS'S ADVANCE ON BLOEMFONTEIN.
  24. 24.CHAPTER 21. STRATEGIC EFFECTS OF LORD ROBERTS'S MARCH.
  25. 25.CHAPTER 22. THE HALT AT BLOEMFONTEIN.
  26. 26.CHAPTER 23. THE CLEARING OF THE SOUTH-EAST.
  27. 27.CHAPTER 24. THE SIEGE OF MAFEKING.
  28. 28.CHAPTER 25. THE MARCH ON PRETORIA.
  29. 29.CHAPTER 26. DIAMOND HILL—RUNDLE'S OPERATIONS.
  30. 30.CHAPTER 27. THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION.
  31. 31.CHAPTER 28. THE HALT AT PRETORIA.
  32. 32.CHAPTER 29. THE ADVANCE TO KOMATIPOORT.
  33. 33.CHAPTER 30. THE CAMPAIGN OF DE WET.
  34. 34.CHAPTER 31. THE GUERILLA WARFARE IN THE TRANSVAAL: NOOITGEDACHT.
  35. 35.CHAPTER 32. THE SECOND INVASION OF CAPE COLONY. — (DECEMBER 1900 TO APRIL 1901.)
  36. 36.CHAPTER 33. THE NORTHERN OPERATIONS FROM JANUARY TO APRIL, 1901.
  37. 37.CHAPTER 34. THE WINTER CAMPAIGN (APRIL TO SEPTEMBER, 1901).
  38. 38.CHAPTER 35. THE GUERILLA OPERATIONS IN CAPE COLONY.
  39. 39.CHAPTER 36. THE SPRING CAMPAIGN (SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER, 1901).
  40. 40.CHAPTER 37. THE CAMPAIGN OF JANUARY TO APRIL, 1902.
  41. 41.CHAPTER 38. DE LA REY'S CAMPAIGN OF 1902.
  42. 42.CHAPTER 39. THE END.

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