Second Boer War - Relief of Mafeking

Time: Friday May 18, 1900

Place: Mafeking, South Africa

Details: The Relief of Mafeking on 18 May 1900 provoked riotous celebrations in Britain, the origin of the Edwardian slang word "mafficking".

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