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may 17, 1900 - At 3:30 in the morning, the Siege of Mafeking ends after seven months, when Colonel Bryan Mahon leads troops to relieve the besieged British residents during the Second Boer War

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General Piet Cronjé attacked the city on October 13, 1899, and Colonel Robert Baden-Powell has led the defence.

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may 17, 1900
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~ 125 years ago