Major-General Baden-Powell And The Principal Men Who Helped Him To Defend Mafeking 1900

Major-General Baden-Powell and the Principal Men Who Helped Him to Defend Mafeking', 1900. 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 17th May, 1900. From Black & White Budget, Vol. III. [The Black and White Publishing Company, J P. Monckton, Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, London, 1900].Artist Unknown.. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)