Siege of Mafeking

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event in the Second Boer War military engagement siege

The Siege of Mafeking was a famous 217-day Boer War siege of a British-held town in South Africa whose relief became a major propaganda victory and symbol of British resilience.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Siege of Mafeking canonical 6
Relief of Mafeking 3
Mafeking 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the Second Boer War ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
siege ⓘ
aftermath term "mafficking" entered English for boisterous celebration ⓘ
associatedWith Robert Baden-Powell ⓘ
origins of the Scouting movement ⓘ
belligerent Boer forces ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
Orange Free State ⓘ
South African Republic ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
civilianImpact food shortages inside the town ⓘ
use of rationing for civilians ⓘ
civilianPopulation several thousand civilians inside Mafeking ⓘ
commander J. P. Snyman ⓘ
Piet Cronjé ⓘ
Robert Baden-Powell ⓘ
conflict Second Boer War ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
dateOfRelief 1900-05-17 ⓘ
defender British Army garrison at Mafeking ⓘ
duration 217 days ⓘ
endDate 1900-05-17 ⓘ
garrisonStrength approximately 1,500 British troops ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
location Mafeking ⓘ
Mafikeng ⓘ
mediaImpact celebrated widely in British newspapers ⓘ
notableFor creation of Baden-Powell’s public reputation ⓘ
extensive media coverage in Britain ⓘ
length of the siege ⓘ
use of local boys as messengers and orderlies ⓘ
opponent Boer commandos ⓘ
partOf Western Transvaal campaign ⓘ
surface form: British campaign in the western theatre of the Second Boer War
precededBy outbreak of the Second Boer War in October 1899 ⓘ
reliefBy forces under Colonel B. T. Mahon ⓘ
forces under Colonel Herbert Plumer ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
Siege of Mafeking self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: relief of Mafeking
significance boosted British morale during the Second Boer War ⓘ
major British propaganda victory ⓘ
symbol of British resilience ⓘ
startDate 1899-10-13 ⓘ
tactics deception measures by the British defenders ⓘ
extensive use of trenches and fortifications ⓘ
theatre Transvaal ⓘ
surface form: western Transvaal

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boer Wars → notableEvent → Siege of Mafeking ⓘ
Boer forces → engagement → Siege of Mafeking ⓘ
Gaborone → formerCapitalReplaced → Siege of Mafeking ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mafeking
Siege of Mafeking → result → Siege of Mafeking self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: relief of Mafeking
Robert Baden-Powell → notableEvent → Siege of Mafeking ⓘ
Black Week → relatedTo → Siege of Mafeking ⓘ
this entity surface form: siege of Mafeking
Battle of Donkerhoek → precededBy → Siege of Mafeking ⓘ
this entity surface form: Relief of Mafeking
Piet Cronjé → tookPartIn → Siege of Mafeking ⓘ
Battle of Pretoria → precededBy → Siege of Mafeking ⓘ
this entity surface form: Relief of Mafeking
Mahikeng → notableEvent → Siege of Mafeking ⓘ
Mahikeng → gainedInternationalAttentionFor → Siege of Mafeking ⓘ
British forces in the Second Boer War → belligerentIn → Siege of Mafeking ⓘ
this entity surface form: Relief of Mafeking