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Jameson Raid: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date December 29, 1895 - January 2, 1896
Location South African Republic
Participants Cape Colony

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Illustration of the Jameson Raid showing British soldiers in a chaotic battle scene with fallen men and horses around cannons, some soldiers on horseback and others fighting on foot.
British territory and Boer republics in Southern Africa c. 1895
Paul Kruger
Cecil Rhodes
John Hays Hammond
Frank Holl: Joseph Chamberlain
Jameson Raid trial
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Sir Leander Starr Jameson, Baronet
prime minister of the Cape Colony