The Basuto Gun War, also known as the Basutoland Rebellion, was a conflict between the Basuto and the British Cape Colony. It lasted from 13 September...

Basuto War may refer to any of three conflicts in Basutoland: The Eighth Xhosa War (1850-1853) The Free State–Basotho Wars (1858-1868) The Basuto Gun...

the most powerful Basuto chiefs. In 1880, he became one of the leaders of Basuto resistance to the Cape in the Basuto Gun War. The war resulted in a peace...

Act" (1879), during the Xhosa Wars, and decreed that all those of African descent had to be disarmed. The Basuto Gun War (1880) followed, as the Basothos...

during the subsequent Basuto Gun War. He later achieved the rank of surgeon colonel and, in March 1900 during the Second Boer War fighting at Aliwal, he...

joined the Cape Mounted Riflemen as a captain. He served in the 1880 Basuto Gun War, but resigned his commission in April 1881.[citation needed] In ill...

turbulent period in the Cape's history, dominated by conflicts such as the Basuto Gun War. He was also the Cape's first locally-born Prime Minister. Scanlen was...

Letsie I Moshoeshoe of Lesotho (c. 1811 – 20 November 1891) was the paramount chief of Basotho (modern Lesotho) from 1870 to November 20, 1891. "Kingdoms...

forcibly annexed, much to the humiliation of the Basotho, leading to the Basuto Gun War in 1880–1881. In 1884, the territory became a Crown colony by the name...

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white administrators and, as a result, troops were mobilised and the Basuto Gun War broke out. Various encounters ensued until February 1881, when an armistice...

Siege of Eshowe 22 January – 3 April 1879 Battle of Ulundi 4 July 1879 Basuto Gun War between the British Cape Colony and the Sotho people 13 September 1880...

bottle was shot through and became useless. The published citation read: War Office, April 12, 1880. THE Queen has been graciously pleased to signify...

of a Christian covenant with the Basotho. During the ramp-up to the Basuto Gun War of 1880–1881, she was accused of "spawning crowds of female prophetesses...

August 19, 1905. Letsie is one of the chiefs whom led the 1880 Basotho gun war which ended in basotho victory and independence for Lesotho. Lerotholi...

provides a list of wars occurring between 1800 and 1899. Conflicts of this era include the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the American Civil War in North America...

Surgeon in the 1st Cape Mounted Yeomanry, Cape Colonial Forces during the Basuto Gun War, when he performed the following actions for which he was awarded the...

11 November 2012. "Robert George Scott VC, Basuto War 1879". Retrieved 11 November 2012. "Anglo Boer War – Scott's Railway Guards". "The Army in South...

field for the Basuto Rebellion in 1880. Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Southey commanded the Cape Mounted Yeomanry during the Basuto Gun War. Twenty-six-year-old...

include the Victoria Cross awarded to the American Unknown Soldier of World War I buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery. He was...

Culture of Lesotho History Monarchs Lifaqane Free State–Basotho Wars Basuto Gun War 1970 coup d'état 1986 coup d'état 1991 coup d'état SADC intervention...

was established in the 1880s as a refuge for Basotho displaced by the Basuto Gun War. It is located close to several major natural features, including the...

in Basutoland – at the time administered by the Cape. The resulting Basuto Gun War, together with continued conflict with the Xhosa, saw the Cape government...

Kenya and featuring guns instead of spears, of successful armed resistance to maintain crucial aspects of autonomy is the Basuto Gun War of 1880–1881, whose...

Protestant church and remained loyal to the Cape Colony forces during the Basuto Gun War, which led them to flee their home and settle in Mafeteng. Having spent...

Antietam. 1880 – The Basuto Gun War breaks out after the Basuto launch a rebellion against the Cape Colony. 1882 – Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel...

fought in the Anglo-Zulu War (1879) and the Basutoland Gun War (1880–1881), the Bechuanaland Campaign (1897), and the Anglo-Boer War when he was in command...

the Cape Colony then proved unpopular with the people, leading to the Basuto Gun War of 1880–1881. By an Order in Council dated 2 February 1884, which came...

Cape Colony sets a deadline for the Basuto people to surrender their weapons; non-compliance leads to the Basuto Gun War. April 18 – 1880 United Kingdom general...

Town. For fifteen months he joined the Orange Free State forces in the Basuto Gun War. He passed as an attorney and was an advocate of the High Court. He...