Mafeking

Incidentally, they knew that he lay wounded in Mafeking; that he pulled through a bout with yellow fever in

CHAPTER VI 2010

Incidentally, they knew that he lay wounded in Mafeking; that he pulled through a bout with yellow fever in Guayaquil; and that he stood trial for brutality on the high seas in New York City.

The Little Lady of the Big House, by Jack London 1916

Do you know that our Ontario Brigade have got out two or three issues of a publication, well-edited, among the noncommissioned officers, and it is partly filled with cracking jokes, just as Baden-Powell in Mafeking published a daily paper "shells permitting" to keep up the spirits of the people committed to his care.

The Prose and Poetry, Reality and Spirit of Canadian Imperial Service 1915

West was right: the magic word Mafeking brought the Commandant to his bedside; and as soon as he came up he stopped short and made what little blood poor West had left flush to his face, for he cried:

A Dash from Diamond City George Manville Fenn 1870

Welcome back Melanie; it feels like the Relief of Mafeking.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

Back and forth, switching on and off in sensible maneuvers—like the relief of Mafeking.

Archive 2008-10-01 Dodie Bellamy 2008

Though quite why the defender of Mafeking devoted his declining years to all those athletic young ladswellyou have to wonder.

Black Butterfly Mark Gatiss 2008

Back and forth, switching on and off in sensible maneuvers—like the relief of Mafeking.

Kevin Killian: What I Saw at the Orono Conference 2008, part 23 Dodie Bellamy 2008

During the Boer War in the nineteenth century, Mafeking was famous for a big battle there between the Afrikaners and the Brits.

Lucas Mangope: One of South Africa's living legends 2007

But after that, Mafeking sank back into the armpit of history once again.

Lucas Mangope: One of South Africa's living legends 2007