List of wars involving Lesotho

Conflict Lesotho
and allies		 Opponents Results Monarch
Eight Kaffir War
(1851–1852)		 Basotho Kingdom  United Kingdom Victory
  • British incursions repelled
Moshoeshoe I
First Free State–Basotho War
(1858)		 Basotho Kingdom  Orange Free State Victory
  • Boer invasion fails[1]
Battle of Berea
(1858)		 Basotho Kingdom  United Kingdom Victory
  • British expedition repulsed[2]
Second Free State–Basotho War
(1865–1866)		 Basotho Kingdom  Orange Free State
 South African Republic		 Defeat
  • Basotho Kingdom cedes land[3]
Third Free State–Basotho War
(1867–1868)		 Basotho Kingdom  Orange Free State Defeat (but prevention of total Boer conquest)
Basuto Gun War
(1880–1881)		 Basotho rebels  United Kingdom Stalemate
  • Final settlement in favor of the Basotho[4]
Letsie I
BCP Uprising
(1974)		 Government of Lesotho BCP Government victory
  • Uprising suppressed
Moshoeshoe II
LLA Guerilla War
(1979–1990)		 Government of Lesotho LLA Peace treaty
  • Elections held in 1993, BCP wins
SADC intervention in Lesotho
(1998)		  South Africa
 Botswana		 LDF rebels SADC victory
  • Suspected coup d'état in Lesotho quelled
Letsie III

References
  1. "Basotho Wars (1858-68)". Global Security. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  2. "BOTCHED ORDERS OR INSUBORDINATION? The battle of Berea revisited". The South African Military History Society. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  3. "Basotho Wars (1858-68)". South African History Online. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  4. "BASUTOLAND ROLL OF HONOUR 1851 - 1881 - South African Military History Society - Journal". samilitaryhistory.org.
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