Raid, noun

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Also with small initial.
colloquial
The Raid: Elliptical for Jameson raid (see Jameson).
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 391The armed invasion of the Transvaal Republic by the troops of the Chartered Company, under Dr. Jameson, on 29 December, 1895, is known throughout South Africa as ‘The Raid’.
1924 L. Cohen Reminisc. of Jhb. 127The Raid led to world political changes, and a great loss of British prestige abroad.
1936 R.J.M. Goold-Adams S. Afr. To-Day & To-Morrow 160The last stage in the pursuit of the Voortrekkers, the climax of the Raid, the Boer War, the final annexation, all these were fired..by the gold from a ridge in his own Transvaal.
1946 M.S. Geen Making of Union of S. Afr. 130The Raid even had repercussions in Europe.
1963 A. Keppel-Jones S. Afr.: Short Hist.In less than four years from the Raid the British Empire and the Republics were at war.
1977 Dict. of S. Afr. Biography III. 441J[ameson] instructed by Rhodes had planned as well as led the Raid.
1989 Reader’s Digest Illust. Hist. of S. Afr. 237The raid intensified the power struggle in the SAR between Boer and British.
The Raid:Elliptical for Jameson raid (see Jameson).
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