The Great Boer War

by Arthur Conan Doyle

First published 1900

Contents

Preface to the Final Edition
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
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
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