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The '''Siege of Mafeking''' was the most famous [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] action in the [[Second Boer War]]. It took place at the town of Mafeking (now [[Mafikeng]]) in | The '''Siege of Mafeking''' was the most famous [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] action in the [[Second Boer War]]. It took place at the town of Mafeking (now [[Mafikeng]]) in South Africa over a period of 217 days, from October 1899 to May 1900, and turned [[Robert Baden-Powell]], who went on to found the [[Scouting]] Movement, into a national hero. The '''Relief of Mafeking''' (the lifting of the siege) was a decisive victory for the British and a crushing defeat for the [[Boer]]s.<ref name="ISCAJ">{{cite journal|last=Scott|first=David C.|date=December 2008|title=The Siege of Mafeking|journal=International Scouting Collector's Association Journal|publisher=International Scouting Collector's Association|volume=8|issue=4|pages=30-33}}</ref> | ||
== Prelude == | == Prelude == | ||
