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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.
Mafeking
/ ˈmæfɪˌkɪŋ /
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Curiously enough, he says that Ladysmith was in far worse case than Mafeking when relieved.
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We were, indeed, as jolly as the proverbial sandboys during those few days in Mafeking before the war commenced.
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In contrast to the usual practice, these departments worked perfectly smoothly together at Mafeking.
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At that date the Mafeking garrison consisted of about seven or eight hundred trained troops.
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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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