Mafeking

Mafeking was a town in South Africa. From 14 October 1899 to 16 May 1900, British forces laid seige to Mafeking in one of the earliest and most significant actions of the Second Boer War. (PROSE: The Time Travellers' Almanac)

Colonel Hugh Curbishley reminisced of his days in Mafeking, though had fonder memories of Parisian cabaret. (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp, PROSE: The Time Travellers' Almanac)