Siege of Mafeking
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The siege of Mafeking was a 217-day siege battle for the town of Mafeking in South Africa during the Second Boer War from October 1899 to May 1900. The siege received considerable attention as Lord Ed
British Troops repelling a Boer attack at Mafeking
Mafeking Cadets during the siege
10 shillings siege money currency, issued by Baden-Powell at Mafeking
Picture from The Graphic of Boers firing from their trenches at the siege
Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, was a British Army officer, writer, founder of The Boy Scouts Association and its first Chief Scout, and founder, with
Siege of Mafeking
…as also was Lady Sarah Wilson, a daughter of the Duke of Marlborough and aunt of Winston Churchill. The siege turned the British commander, Colonel Robert Baden-Powell, into a national hero. The Relief of Mafeking (the lifting of the siege), while of little military significance, was a morale boost for the struggling…
Baden-Powell in scout uniform, c. 1910–1920
Baden-Powell on a patriotic postcard in 1900
A World War I propaganda poster drawn by Baden-Powell