Siege of Mafeking, South Africa, 1899-1900. Artist: Unknown

---

Siege of Mafeking, South Africa, 1899-1900. Defending British troops making a night sortie. Under the command of Colonel Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941), Mafeking held out against the surrounding Boers for 216 days until relieved by forces commanded by Lord Roberts on 17 May 1900.

---

Size: 4024px × 2657px
Location: World,Africa,South Africa,North West,Mahikeng
Photo credit: © Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: &, -, /, 1899, 1900s, 1902, 19th, 20th, advance, advancing, africa, ann, attack, attacking, bayonet, black, boer, bophuthatswana, britain, century, concept, day, defiance, gun, guns, guy, infantry, mafeking, male, man, men, monochrome, nineteenth, people, pictures, resistance, rifle, ronan, siege, soldier, soldiers, south, sword, swords, tgn, time, unknown, war, warfare, weapon, weaponry, weapons, white