{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Operation Jock Scott | image = | caption = | partof = Mau Mau Uprising | date = 20–21 October 1952 | place = Kenya | result = British victory | combatant1 = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} British Empire *{{flag|United Kingdom}} *{{flagicon image|Flag of Kenya (1921–1963).svg}} Kenya | combatant2 = Kenya Land and Freedom Army | commander1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Kenya (1921–1963).svg}} Gov. Evelyn Baring | commander2 = Unknown | strength1 = Unknown | strength2 = Unknown | casualties1 = Unknown | casualties2 = Unknown }} {{Campaignbox Mau Mau Uprising}}
'''Operation Jock Scott''' took place shortly after the declaration of State of Emergency in the Mau Mau Rebellion. British troops suspended African political leaders and rounded up suspected Mau Mau leaders.<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1984/HRD.htm "Emergency In Kenya: Kikuyu And The Mau Mau Insurrection" at ''Global Security''] accessed 9 November 2013</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52920465 |title=Improvement in Kenya as Result of Emergency Laws. |newspaper=The Examiner |location=Launceston, Tasmania |date=4 November 1952 |accessdate=9 November 2013 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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Category:October 1952 in Africa Category:1952 in Kenya Category:Mau Mau rebellion