Sir Graham Bower wrote a "Secret History" of this event, which was prefaced by the buildup of an arms cache including several Maxim machine guns and a force of several hundred troops at the Pitsani Strip.
Sir Graham Bower wrote a "Secret History" of this event, which was prefaced by the buildup of an arms cache including several Maxim machine guns and a force of several hundred troops at the Pitsani Strip. Its namesake, who had earlier led a campaign against Lobengula, was publicly repudiated by Hercules Robinson after its occurrence, and served a fifteen month sentence in Holloway, but was also celebrated in the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling. Joseph Chamberlain drew heat for his private support of this abortive effort, which stemmed from anger over the disenfranchisement of the "uitlanders" and was put down by Piet Cronje at Doornkop, which earned praise in the Kruger Telegram. FTP, name 1895 this British attempt to lead a raid into Boer territory.
Sir Graham Bower wrote a "Secret History" of this event, which was prefaced by the buildup of an arms cache including several Maxim machine guns and a force of several hundred troops at the Pitsani Strip.
{Jameson} Raid