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Title: The War in South Africa Its Cause and Conduct
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Release Date: March 29, 2008 [eBook #24951]
Language: English
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THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA
Its Cause and Conduct
by
A. CONAN DOYLE
Author of 'The Great Boer War'
Published by Smith, Elder, & Co., 15 Waterloo Place, London, S.W.
All Copies for the Colonies and India supplied by G. Bell & Sons, London and Bombay
1902
[All rights reserved]
PREFACE
For some reason, which may be either arrogance or apathy, the British are very slow to state their case to the world. At present the reasons for our actions and the methods which we have used are set forth in many Blue-books, tracts, and leaflets, but have never, so far as I know, been collected i