The Jameson Raid, South Africa 1895
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Published 2022-06-23
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The Jameson Raid raid was led by Rhodes’ close ally, Dr. Leander Starr Jameson.
Despite being urged by Uitlander conspirators not to proceed, Jameson nevertheless invaded the Transvaal on the 29th December 1895.
His force of 500 men reached Krugersdorp, 30 miles from Johannesburg where they found their way blocked by well armed Boers under Piet Cronje.
Fighting broke out and by the next day, 2nd January Jameson realised that his position was hopeless and he surrendered.
Sent back to Britain for trial, Jameson refused to implicate Rhodes or any other senior politicians.
He was sentenced to just over 1 year in jail, but was released after 4 months on health grounds.
Jameson’s stoicism both during the Jamseon Raid and in the subsequent trial, inspired Rudyard Kipling to write his famous poem: “If”.
The political fall out from the Jameson Raid was huge.
Rhodes was forced to resign as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony and a public inquiry in Britain nearly ended the career of Joseph Chamberlain, the Colonial Secretary.
It did irreparable damage to Anglo- Boer relations, hastening the outbreak of the Boer War in 1899.
The German Kaiser’s telegram congratulating Paul Kruger on defending his company soured Anglo-German relations. Suddenly the British saw Germany as an increasingly hostile power.
It started a suspicion and rivalry that led to a naval arms race and helped harden attitudes that would ultimately lead to the First World War (World War 1).
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All Comments (21)
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Great work Sir. In my great grandfathers time many Americans supported The Boers and there was an attempt in raising an army but was suppressed . Once again thank you for producing a short , yet brilliant mini documentary of The Jameson Raid.
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Superb video Chris. You are going from strength to strength!
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WOW!!! Thank you so much for putting this together and I hope you have more stories to share with us.......
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Riveting stuff Chris! After reading the works of Thomas Pakenham among others in depth, you were like my conscience describing this! Keep up the great work!
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Nice video, you could do some similar stories on the early history of Rhodesia, especially the Shangani patrol which was quite closely connected to the Jameson Raid and also actively inspired by Rorke's Drift
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Thanks for posting this.
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Thanks for posting, great content🇬🇧
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This Channel is fantastic, thanks for all the great content 👍
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Nice one Chris! As usual a concise but erudite explanation!
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A great post. This man gives Mark Felton stiff competition.
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love your vids, chris. another excellent presentation
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Thanks for another great narrative Chris! A perfect example of how NOT to organize a coup...most of the Uitlanders didn't have any interest in how the Boer republics were governed, as long as they could work the mines they were happy with the status quo. Actually, there are some similarities here with an ongoing conflict in eastern Europe...
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This is really helping me write my paper covering the first and the second boer war. thank you so much for this video
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Thanks. Excellent documentary as always!
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Great stuff, as always!
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Great video on a generally overlooked conflict
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Excellent, again. Thanks to a couple of your previous videos I now have a new hero - Lord Kitchener, especially his inkstand.
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Great as always. Thank you.
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An excellent history of the Jameson Raid, thank you Chris. Delighted that you gave my great-grandfather, Jan Smuts, a mention!
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Thank you very well done!
