Length24h 14m
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Arthur Conan Doyle made his reputation as a novelist, but far stranger than fiction is the creator of Sherlock Holmes' tale of the Boer War in South Africa. The then 40-year-old novelist wanted to see the war first hand as a soldier, but the Victorian army balked at having a popular author wielding a pen in its ranks. The army did accept him as a doctor and Doyle was knighted in 1902 for his work with a field hospital in Bloemfontein. Doyle's vivid account of the battles is in part thanks to the eye-witness accounts he got from his patients. Doyle has thoroughly mastered the details of the campaign, and presents them in a form that can be easily understood. Furthermore, his descriptions of the various engagements are masterpieces of graphic writing. (Excerpt from Goodreads)
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GenreHistory
Length24 hrs 14 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 18, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE TO THE FINAL EDITION.
2CHAPTER 1. THE BOER NATIONS.
3CHAPTER 2. THE CAUSE OF QUARREL.
4CHAPTER 3. THE NEGOTIATIONS.
5CHAPTER 4. THE EVE OF WAR.
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6CHAPTER 5. TALANA HILL.
7CHAPTER 6. ELANDSLAAGTE AND RIETFONTEIN.
8CHAPTER 7. THE BATTLE OF LADYSMITH.
9CHAPTER 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.
34CHAPTER 33. THE NORTHERN OPERATIONS FROM JANUARY TO APRIL, 1901.
35CHAPTER 34. THE WINTER CAMPAIGN (APRIL TO SEPTEMBER, 1901).
36CHAPTER 35. THE GUERILLA OPERATIONS IN CAPE COLONY.
37CHAPTER 36. THE SPRING CAMPAIGN (SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER, 1901).
38CHAPTER 37. THE CAMPAIGN OF JANUARY TO APRIL, 1902.
39CHAPTER 38. DE LA REY'S CAMPAIGN OF 1902.
40CHAPTER 39. THE END.
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