Gun War - January 1881

Previously: December 1880



After the defeat of Mhlontlo's Mpondomise at Tsitsa Gorge, the Mpondomise regiments were disbanded.

January 1881

Lerothodi village and other small isolated hamlets were destroyed, with villagers massacred. Lerothodi warriors attacked the colonial army at Thaba Tsoen an intense fight occurred. The Basotho who were short on ammunition which resulted in them being soundly bested. Later a mixed fortune of small victories and losses for the Mabelete rebels. Both the colonial army and the Mabelete could not cope with the number of deserters. 


Over 180 burghers deserted the Cape colonial army. The Basotho would kill anyone leaving the rebellion. At Mount Moroosi, the Mabelete faction stopped about 300 Fingos from involving themselves in the conflicts. Other fights broke out in Orange River, Basotho allied with Baphuthi but were forced to flee.


Due to the rebellion, fields and food storage areas were burnt, women and children starved in the mountains of the Drakensburg. More Basotho wanted peace between the colonial Cape government and Basotho but King Lestsie refused to obey the peace preservation act. The Cape Government wrote terms of surrender to the rebels. The Rebels further denied the terms offered, they refused to pay the consequences of the rebellion.

With that the end of January 1881. 



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