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]
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]
Basuto Gun War
(1880–1881)		 Basotho rebels  United Kingdom Victory
  • Final settlement in favor of the Basotho[6]
BCP Uprising
(1974)		 Lesotho Government of Lesotho Lesotho BCP Government victory
  • Uprising suppressed
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

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. 1 2 "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.
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