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Maritzani is a small town on the railway between Vryburg and Mafeking.

During the Boer War it raised a small unit of Mounted Rifles: www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/so...tzani-mounted-rifles

A history of the farms in the area and Rhodes' involvement in them is available here: smarttsyndicate.blogspot.com/2018/05/mar...farms-1895-1948.html

Its proximity to Mafeking meant it is mentioned many times in the Mafeking Mail: www.angloboerwar.com/books/181-anon-mafeking-mail

The ILH took casualties here in the relief of Mafeking on 13 May 1900. See the DCM to Tpr Frances, ILH: www.angloboerwar.com/forum/5-medals-and-...-war?start=342#77803