The rescue they called a raid : the Jameson Raid : the failed attempt to expand the empire at minimum cost, 1895-96 / David Snape.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snape, David, author.

Series:

From musket to Maxim 1815-1914 ; 10.

From musket to maxim 1815-1914 ; no 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jameson's Raid, 1895-1896.

Physical Description:

179 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Warwick : Helion & Company, 2021.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Colossus, Doctor Jim, Uncle Paul and the Master

2. `He was not an unreasonable person'

3. Preparing the Ground and the Drifts Crisis

4. Christmas at Highbury

5. Christmas at Groote Schuur and Pitsani

6. They're off!

7. The Reform Committee's Dilemma

8. Triumph?

9. Disaster

10. Reaction

11. The Trials

12. Not consistent with his Duty as Prime Minister

13. Solving the Mystery

14. Committee of No-Inquiry

15. An Inconclusive Conclusion

16. The Government Wins the Day

17. Missing Telegrams

18. Finale

19. The Cast

Appendices

I. The Raiders

II. The Boers

III. National Union Charter

IV. First Subscribers to the Reformers' Relief Fund

V. Kaiser Wilhelm I Is Telegram

VI. Reformers on Trial

VII. Telegrams.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-177) and index.

ISBN:

1913118770

9781913118778

OCLC:

1112282061

Publisher Number:

99988069213