Although sympathetic to the ultimate goals of this action, the British Colonial Secretary James Chamberlain did not agree with the planning and timing of this event which would "ruin him" if it succeeded. The British force lost 34 men before declaring the situation hopeless and surrendering to Commander Piet Cronjé at Doornkop. After the failure of the raid, Kaiser Wilhelm II commended Paul Kruger
Although sympathetic to the ultimate goals of this action, the British Colonial Secretary James Chamberlain did not agree with the planning and timing of this event which would "ruin him" if it succeeded. The British force lost 34 men before declaring the situation hopeless and surrendering to Commander Piet Cronjé at Doornkop. After the failure of the raid, Kaiser Wilhelm II commended Paul Kruger on his victory, thereby worsening Anglo-Boer relations by recognizing the Transvaal Republic. For 10 points, name this ineffective raid which was intended to lead to an uprising of the Uitlanders, becoming one of the causes of the Second Boer War.
Although sympathetic to the ultimate goals of this action, the British Colonial Secretary James Chamberlain did not agree with the planning and timing of this event which would "ruin him" if it succeeded.
Jameson Raid