The Jameson Raid ( 29 December 1895 – 2 January 1896 ) was a botched raid Attack against the South African Republic ( commonly known as the Transvaal ) carried out Action by British colonial statesman Leander Starr Jameson and his Company troops ( `` police '' in the employ Employment of Alfred Beit 's and Cecil Rhodes ' British South Africa Company ) and Bechuanaland policemen over the New Year weekend of 1895–96 .

The Action of 18 August 1798 was a minor naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter , fought Hostile_encounter between the British fourth rate ship HMS `` Leander '' and the French ship of the line `` Généreux '' .

`` Généreux '' was one of only four French ships to survive Preserving the battle Hostile_encounter , while `` Leander '' had been detached Connect from the British fleet by Nelson on 6 August .

On 18 August , while passing Motion_directional the western shore of Crete , `` Leander '' was intercepted Preventing_or_letting and attacked Attack by `` Généreux '' , which had separated from the rest of the French survivors the day before .

Captain Thomas Thompson on `` Leander '' initially tried to escape Escaping the much larger French ship , but it rapidly became Becoming clear that `` Généreux '' was faster than his vessel .

At 09:00 the ships exchanged Exchange broadsides , the engagement Hostile_encounter continuing until 10:30 , when Captain Louis-Jean-Nicolas Lejoille made an unsuccessful attempt to board Temporary_stay `` Leander '' , suffering Bodily_harm heavy casualties Death in the attempt .

Against the established Building conventions of warfare Hostile_encounter , he forced Request the captured Conquering crew to assist Assistance in bringing Bringing `` Leander '' safely into Corfu , and denied Agree_or_refuse_to_act them food and medical treatment Cure unless they co-operated Collaboration with their captors .

Thompson , Berry and most of the British officers were exchanged Exchange and acquitted Judgment_communication at court martial , and the captains were knighted for their services , while `` Leander '' and many of the crew were recaptured Conquering in March 1799 by a Russian squadron that seized Conquering Corfu , and returned Arriving to British control Control by order Request of Tsar Paul .

Only a few months earlier , the British South Africa Company 's Administrator General for Matabeleland , Leander Starr Jameson , had sent Sending most of his troops and armaments to fight Hostile_encounter the Transvaal Republic in the ill-fated Jameson Raid .

Martina Hingis and Leander Paes teamed up Cause_to_amalgamate to win Getting the mixed doubles title , it was the second for Hingis and third for Paes , over the defending champions Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor .

Rafter and Björkman later won the title , defeating Conquering the Indian first seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes in five sets .