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Mafeking
[ mah-fi-king ]
noun
- a town in N Republic of South Africa: former administrative seat of Bechuanaland; besieged for 217 days by Boers 1899–1900.
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Curiously enough, he says that Ladysmith was in far worse case than Mafeking when relieved.
We were, indeed, as jolly as the proverbial sandboys during those few days in Mafeking before the war commenced.
In contrast to the usual practice, these departments worked perfectly smoothly together at Mafeking.
At that date the Mafeking garrison consisted of about seven or eight hundred trained troops.
It was reported amongst my friends at home that, in order to escape from Mafeking, my maid and myself had ridden 200 miles.
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