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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791601203321

Autore

Doyle Arthur Conan <1859-1930, >

Titolo

The great Boer War / / by Arthur Conan Doyle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Luton, Bedfordshire] : , : Andrews UK Limited, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

1-78166-846-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (641 p.)

Collana

AUK classics

Soggetti

South African War, 1899-1902

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

1. The Boer nations -- 2. The cause of the quarrel -- 3. The negotiations -- 4. The Eve of War. -- 5. Talana Hill -- 6. Elandslaagte and Rietfontein -- 7. The battle of Ladysmith -- 8. Lord Methuen's advance. -- 9. The Battle of Magersfontein -- 10. The Battle of Stormberg -- 11. Battle of Collenso -- 12 The Dark hour -- 13. The siege of Ladysmith -- 14. The colesberg operations. -- 15. Spion kop -- 16. Vaalkranz -- 17. Buller's final advance -- 18. The siege and relief of Kimberley -- 19. Paardeburg -- 20. Robert's advance on Bloemfontein -- 21. Strategic effects of Lord Robert's march -- 22. The halt of Bloemfontein -- 23. The clearing of the South-East -- 24. They siege of Mafeking -- 25. The march on Pretoria -- 26. Diamond hill Rundle's Operations -- 27. The lines of communication. -- 28. The halt at Pretoria. -- 29. The advance to Komatipoort -- 30. The campaign of De Wet -- 31. The guerilla warfare in the Transvaal: Nooitgedacht -- 32. The second invasion of the Cape Colony (December 1900 to April 1901) -- 33. The Northern operations from January to April 1901 -- 34. The winter campaign (April to September 1901) -- 35. The guerilla operations in Cape Colony. -- 36. The Spring campaign (September to December 1901) -- 37. The campaign of January to April 1902. -- 38. De La Rey's campaign if 1902. -- 39. The End.