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Jameson Raid

1895 raid on Transvaal Republic

Instance of: military raid
, coup d'état
Part of: military history of South Africa
Country: South African Republic

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The Jameson Raid was a botched raid against the South African Republic carried out by British colonial administrator Leander Starr Jameson, under the employment of Cecil Rhodes. It involved 500 British South Africa Company police and was launched from Rhodesia over the New Year weekend of 1895–96. Paul Kruger, for whom Rhodes had great personal hatred, was president of the South African Republic at the time. The raid was intended to trigger an uprising by the primarily British expatriate and settler workers in the Transvaal, but it failed.

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Started: December 29, 1895
Ended: January 2, 1896
Location: South African Republic
Date: December 29, 1895

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