List of wars involving Lesotho

This is a list of wars involving Lesotho and its processing states.

Conflict Lesotho
and allies 		Opponents Results Monarch
Battle of Viervoet
(1851) 		Basotho Kingdom  United Kingdom Victory
  • British expedition repulsed[1]
Moshoeshoe I
First Free State–Basotho War
(1858) 		Basotho Kingdom  Orange Free State Victory
  • Boer invasion fails[2]
Battle of Berea
(1858) 		Basotho Kingdom  United Kingdom Inconclusive
  • Peace treaty[3]
Second Free State–Basotho War
(1865–1866) 		Basotho Kingdom  Orange Free State
 South African Republic 		Defeat
  • Basotho Kingdom cedes land[4]
Third Free State–Basotho War
(1867–1868) 		Basotho Kingdom  Orange Free State Defeat (but prevention of total Boer conquest)
Morosi's Rebellion
(1879) 		Basotho Kingdom
 United Kingdom 		Baphuthi rebels Victory
  • Uprising suppressed[5]
Letsie I
Basuto Gun War
(1880–1881) 		Basotho rebels  United Kingdom Victory
  • Final settlement in favor of the Basotho[6]
Letsie I
BCP Uprising
(1974) 		Lesotho Government of Lesotho Lesotho BCP Government victory
  • Uprising suppressed
Moshoeshoe II
LLA Guerilla War
(1979–1990) 		Lesotho Government of Lesotho Lesotho LLA Peace treaty
  • Elections held in 1993, BCP wins
SADC intervention in Lesotho
(1998) 		 South Africa
 Botswana 		Lesotho LDF rebels SADC victory
  • Suspected coup d'état in Lesotho quelled
Letsie III

References

  1. ^ Sanders, Peter (1975). Moshoeshoe, chief of the Sotho. Heinemann. pp. 171–174. ISBN 978-0435327934.
  2. ^ "Basotho Wars (1858-68)". Global Security. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  3. ^ "BOTCHED ORDERS OR INSUBORDINATION? The battle of Berea revisited". The South African Military History Society. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Basotho Wars (1858-68)". South African History Online. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  5. ^ Tylden, Geoffrey (1936). "The capture of Morosi's Mountain, 1879". Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. 15: 208–15.
  6. ^ "BASUTOLAND ROLL OF HONOUR 1851 - 1881 - South African Military History Society - Journal". samilitaryhistory.org.