Operation Jock Scott

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Date	20–21 October 1952
Location	Kenya
Result	Arrest of Kapenguria Six

Belligerents

United Kingdom

Mau Mau

v t e Mau Mau Uprising

Assassination of Waruhiu Operation Jock Scott Christmas Eve Battle Capture of General China Operation Anvil Ruck Family Massacre Operation Mushroom Swynnerton Plan Lari Massacre Chuka Massacre The Pipeline Capture of Kimathi Hola massacre Villagisation

Operation Jock Scott took place shortly after the declaration of State of Emergency in the Mau Mau Rebellion. British troops suspended African political readers and rounded up suspected Mau Mau leaders.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ "Emergency In Kenya: Kikuyu And The Mau Mau Insurrection" at Global Security accessed 9 November 2013
↑ "IMPROVEMENT IN KEYA AS RESULT OF EMERGENCY LAWS.". Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954) (Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia). 4 November 1952. p. 6. Retrieved 9 November 2013.

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