✦ History

Part of Second Boer War

Siege of Mafeking

October 13, 1899 – May 17, 1900 · Siege of Mafeking

Result British victory

Robert Baden-Powell held Mafeking for 217 days until a relief column arrived.

On the map Contemporaries

Boer republics

United Kingdom

South African Republic
Orange Free State
United Kingdom
Canada
Cape Colony
Piet Cronjé military commander Kootjie Snyman military commander Petrus Johannes Liebenberg military commander
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell military commander Bryan Mahon military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
8,000
Casualties
2,000
Strength
1,500
Killed
212
Wounded
600

Units

Cronjé's western army (1899–1900)
Mafeking garrison (1899–1900)