It was financed by several Jewish entrepreneurs, and clandestinely approved by Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain, who provided rifles and a staging area for the attack.
It was financed by several Jewish entrepreneurs, and clandestinely approved by Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain, who provided rifles and a staging area for the attack. Twenty-one of the five hundred British adventurers lost their lives, and their leader was captured and imprisoned for a lenient fifteen months. Prompted by the discovery of gold and diamonds at Witwatersrand in the Transvaal, this attack was primarily organized by Cecil Rhodes. FTP, identify this failed attempt to capture Johannesburg from the Boers in South Africa by the British, named after the leader of the raid.
It was financed by several Jewish entrepreneurs, and clandestinely approved by Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain, who provided rifles and a staging area for the attack.
{Jameson} Raid