List of wars involving Lesotho
Appearance
This is a list of wars involving Lesotho and its processing states.
Conflict | Lesotho and allies |
Opponents | Results | Monarch |
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Battle of Viervoet (1851) |
Basotho Kingdom | ![]() |
Victory
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First Free State–Basotho War (1858) |
Basotho Kingdom | ![]() |
Victory
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Battle of Berea (1858) |
Basotho Kingdom | ![]() |
Inconclusive
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Second Free State–Basotho War (1865–1866) |
Basotho Kingdom | ![]() ![]() |
Defeat
| |
Third Free State–Basotho War (1867–1868) |
Basotho Kingdom | ![]() |
Defeat (but prevention of total Boer conquest)
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Morosi's Rebellion (1879) |
Basotho Kingdom ![]() |
Baphuthi rebels | Victory
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Basuto Gun War (1880–1881) |
Basotho rebels | ![]() |
Victory
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BCP Uprising (1974) |
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Government victory
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LLA Guerilla War (1979–1990) |
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Peace treaty
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SADC intervention in Lesotho (1998) |
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SADC victory
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References
[edit]- ^ Sanders, Peter (1975). Moshoeshoe, chief of the Sotho. Heinemann. pp. 171–174. ISBN 978-0435327934.
- ^ "Basotho Wars (1858-68)". Global Security. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "BOTCHED ORDERS OR INSUBORDINATION? The battle of Berea revisited". The South African Military History Society. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Basotho Wars (1858-68)". South African History Online. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ Tylden, Geoffrey (1936). "The capture of Morosi's Mountain, 1879". Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. 15: 208–15.
- ^ "BASUTOLAND ROLL OF HONOUR 1851 - 1881 - South African Military History Society - Journal". samilitaryhistory.org.