▁brother ▁Frank ▁started ▁the ▁B ould er ▁Star ▁and ▁later ▁the ▁B ould er ▁Min er ' s ▁Right . ▁H ales ▁stood ▁as ▁a ▁labour ▁candidate ▁for ▁parliament ▁but ▁was ▁defeated , ▁and ▁when ▁the ▁South ▁African ▁war ▁broke ▁out ▁became ▁a ▁war ▁correspond ent ▁for ▁the ▁London ▁Daily ▁News . ▁For ▁a ▁time ▁he ▁wrote ▁fear lessly ▁and ▁crit ically ▁of ▁the ▁way ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁British ▁were ▁conduct ing ▁their ▁operations , ▁but ▁was ▁wounded ▁and ▁made ▁a ▁prisoner ▁by ▁the ▁Bo ers , ▁and ▁was ▁not ▁released ▁until ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁war . ▁ ▁H ales ▁wrote ▁a ▁book ▁on ▁his ▁experiences , ▁Camp aign ▁Pictures ▁of ▁War ▁in ▁South ▁Africa , ▁( 1 9 0 0 ), ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁year ▁appeared ▁his ▁first ▁novel , ▁D ris coll , ▁King ▁of ▁Sc outs . ▁He ▁made ▁a ▁success ▁with ▁McG lus ky , ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 2 , ▁afterwards ▁followed ▁by ▁a ▁long ▁series ▁of ▁stories ▁with ▁this ▁Australian ▁of ▁Scottish ▁descent ▁as ▁the ▁hero . ▁ ▁H ales ▁was ▁not ▁content ▁to ▁be ▁merely ▁a ▁writer ▁of ▁fiction , ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁Bulg aria ▁and ▁fought ▁in ▁the ▁Pre ob raz hen ie ▁U pr ising ▁against ▁the ▁Tur ks ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 3 ▁in ▁the ▁band ▁of ▁general ▁Ivan ▁T son chev ▁– ▁the ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Mac ed onian - Ad rian ople ▁Committee . ▁This ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁experience ▁as ▁a ▁war ▁correspond ent ▁in