The Great Boer War

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

• Publisher: Mint Editions
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9781513267418
  9781513218809
• eBook ISBN:
  9781513272412
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: African History
• Index: History

The Great Boer War (1900) is Arthur Conan Doyle's historical account of the conflict between the British Empire and the Boer states at the Fin de siècle. One of the first histories of the war, this volume also demonstrates Doyle's extraordinary skill as a writer in his ability to both edify and entertain. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this new edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Great Boer War is a classic of British literature reimagined for modern readers. Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface to the Final Edition
• I. The Boer Nations
• II. The Cause of Quarrel
• III. The Negotiations
• IV. The Eve of War
• V. Talana Hill
• VI. Elandslaagte and Rietfontein
• VII. The Battle of Ladysmith
• VIII. Lord Methuen’s Advance
• IX. Battle of Magersfontein
• X. The Battle of Stormberg
• XI. Battle of Colenso
• XII. The Dark Hour
• XIII. The Siege of Ladysmith
• XIV. The Colesberg Operations
• XV. Spion Kop
• XVI. Vaalkranz
• XVII. Buller’s Final Advance
• XVIII. The Siege and Relief of Kimberley
• XIX. Paardeberg
• XX. Roberts’s Advance on Bloemfontein
• XXI. Strategic Effects of Lord Roberts’s March
• XXII. The Halt at Bloemfontein
• XXIII. The Clearing of the South-East
• XXIV. The Siege of Mafeking
• XXV. The March on Pretoria
• XXVI. Diamond Hill—Rundle’s Operations
• XXVII. The Lines of Communication
• XXVIII. The Halt at Pretoria
• XXIX. The Advance to Komatipoort
• XXX. The Campaign of De Wet
• XXXI. The Guerilla Warfare in the Transvaal: Nooitgedacht
• XXXII. The Second Invasion of Cape Colony (December 1900 to April 1901)
• XXXIII. The Northern Operations from January to April, 1901
• XXXIV. The Winter Campaign (April to September, 1901)
• XXXV. The Guerilla Operations in Cape Colony
• XXXVI. The Spring Campaign (September to December, 1901)
• XXXVII. The Campaign of January to April, 1902
• XXXVIII. De La Rey’s Campaign of 1902
• XXXIX. The End
• A Note About the Author
• A Note from the Publisher