The weakness of the army after this event provoked an uprising led by a man who promised that his enemy's bullets would change to water and their cannon shells would become eggs, Mlimo.
The weakness of the army after this event provoked an uprising led by a man who promised that his enemy's bullets would change to water and their cannon shells would become eggs, Mlimo. Graham John Bower wrote the Secret History of this event, which was a reaction to the closing of all river fords known as the Drifts Crisis. Governor-General Hercules Robinson was contacted by Joseph Chamberlain during this event because the latter feared that the timing of it would ruin him as Colonial Secretary. This invasion began at Pitsani, but only four days later the attackers surrendered at Doornkoop to Piet Cronje. This invasion hinged on an uprising by ill-treated expatriate workers known as Uitlanders which never happened, and in response to this Kaiser Wilhelm II sent a congratulatory telegram to Paul Kruger. For 10 points, name this 1895 British raid on Transvaal which helped start the Second Boer War in South Africa.
The weakness of the army after this event provoked an uprising led by a man who promised that his enemy's bullets would change to water and their cannon shells would become eggs, Mlimo.
{Jameson} Raid