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Siege of Mafeking

South Africa · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1899Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1899

Piet Arnoldus Cronje13 October 1899

Mafeking · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd

Mafeking is besieged until British relief arrives in May 1900.

Piet Arnoldus Cronje13 October 1899

Mafeking · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd

Begins the siege of Mafeking.

Names involved

Piet Arnoldus Cronje

Provenance

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