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The Great Boer War
Written while the conflict was still unfolding, Doyle chronicles the battles, sieges, and military campaigns between British forces and Boer nations in South Africa.
"The Great Boer War" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a non-fiction work. Written while the conflict was still unfolding, Doyle chronicles the battles, sieges, and military campaigns between British forces and Boer nations in South Africa.
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Take a community of Dutchmen of the type of those who defended themselves for fifty years against all the power of Spain at a time when Spain was the greatest power in the world. Intermix with them a strain of those inflexible French Huguenots who gave up home and fortune and left their country for ever at the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The product must obviously be one of the most rugged, virile, unconquerable races ever seen upon earth. Take this formidable people and train them for seven generations in constant warfare against savage men and ferocious beasts, in circumstances under which no weakling could survive, place them so that they acquire exceptional skill with weapons and in horsemanship, give them a country which is eminently suited to the tactics of the huntsman, the marksman, and the rider. Then, finally, put a finer temper upon their military qualities by a dour fatalistic Old Testament religion and an ardent and consuming patriotism. Combine all these qualities and all these impulses in one individual, and you have the modern Boer—the most formidable antagonist who ever crossed the path of Imperial Britain. Our military history has largely consisted in our conflicts with France, but Napoleon and all his veterans have never treated us so roughly as these hard-bitten farmers with their ancient theology and their inconveniently modern rifles.
Contents
- 01Preface to the Final Edition.
- 02Chapter 1. The Boer Nations.
- 03Chapter 2. The Cause of Quarrel.
- 04Chapter 3. The Negotiations.
- 05Chapter 4. The Eve of War.
- 06Chapter 5. Talana Hill.
- 07Chapter 6. Elandslaagte and Rietfontein.
- 08Chapter 7. The Battle of Ladysmith.
- 09Chapter 8. Lord Methuen's Advance.
- 10Chapter 9. Battle of Magersfontein.
- 11Chapter 10. The Battle of Stormberg.
- 12Chapter 11. Battle of Colenso.
- 13Chapter 12. The Dark Hour.
- 14Chapter 13. The Siege of Ladysmith.
- 15Chapter 14. The Colesberg Operations.
- 16Chapter 15. Spion Kop.
- 17Chapter 16. Vaalkranz.
- 18Chapter 17. Buller's Final Advance.
- 19Chapter 18. The Siege and Relief of Kimberley.
- 20Chapter 19. Paardeberg.
- 21Chapter 20. Roberts's Advance on Bloemfontein.
- 22Chapter 21. Strategic Effects of Lord Roberts's March.
- 23Chapter 22. The Halt at Bloemfontein.
- 24Chapter 23. The Clearing of the South-East.
- 25Chapter 24. The Siege of Mafeking.
- 26Chapter 25. The March on Pretoria.
- 27Chapter 26. Diamond Hill—Rundle's Operations.
- 28Chapter 27. The Lines of Communication.
- 29Chapter 28. The Halt at Pretoria.
- 30Chapter 29. The Advance to Komatipoort.
- 31Chapter 30. The Campaign of De Wet.
- 32Chapter 31. The Guerilla Warfare in the Transvaal: Nooitgedacht.
- 33Chapter 32. The Second Invasion of Cape Colony.
- 34(December 1900 to April 1901.)
- 35Chapter 33. The Northern Operations from January to April, 1901.
- 36Chapter 34. The Winter Campaign (April to September, 1901).
- 37Chapter 35. The Guerilla Operations in Cape Colony.
- 38Chapter 36. The Spring Campaign (September to December, 1901).
- 39Chapter 37. The Campaign of January to April, 1902.
- 40Chapter 38. De La Rey's Campaign of 1902.
- 41Chapter 39. The End.
About this edition
- Author
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Advanced: for close, demanding reading
- Formats
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- Length
- 343 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers