Kudos for the Sesotho words, and the Nguni clicks - not easy to do. The care and respect you've put into this video (as well as your suffering in a Lesotho winter) are much appreciated.
Dear William Ferguson - I am a proud working class lad. If your life is so pathetic that you troll people online criticising their bad pronunciation then perhaps it's time to take stock of where things went wrong. I hope you find the peace you are searching for.
You have captured the story of my people and our great King with such grace. Thank you for telling the story of this unique African who was way ahead of his time in a period that was akin to Thomas Hobbes State of Nature. He was successful as a nation builder because he realised the power of conscientious leadership. I am very inspired to have my tiny country rise to the legacy of this great man. Moshoeshoe was a head and shoulder above his contemporaries for his strength of vision, leadership, diplomacy, love for peace and his fellow subjects.
Basuto ponies are so hardy. My dad told me they went hiking in the Drakensberg and the mountain went misty at dusk. They were forced to pitch a tent on the trail to not fall of the mountain. It was a misty zero moonlight night. Around midnight that night they heard hoofs. They went out and saw four men with gumboots and AK47s and 6 ponies laden with dagga. They greeted them and they greeted back and they dissapeared into the night with no flash lights. The thought of those men and horses going down that mountain on an almost zero visibility night with gumboots just reminds you that that is their mountain!
Moshoeshoe was the greatest King not only a warrior but a diplomat, survivor, protetor of those seeking protection, he gave different tribes the right to continue with their culture and languages.
What happened to Chief Moorosi of Baphuthi clan who betrayed and handed over his head to queen Victoria, research and you will find out,Lesotho only exists because of the rebel of chief Moorosi
@@thapelomohorosi1733 l do not know that story, if it happened pheping(haebe u motho oa Quthing) hase ntho e monate, but my point here ke hore hona kahare ho naha ena rena le mehlobo e meng ntle le Basotho ka puo tse fapaneng, mekhoa le litloaelo. Hole joalo re ntse re phela hantle haho moroa, moroa tooe.
Another superb video story , I had never heard of this war or nation ……glad to have been enlightened …..again ..loved the Cossack reference “ killingee stuff “ at 17.04 minutes in , whole video was great 🤣🤣👏👏
If I am not mistaken, we were taught about Moshoeshoe in primary school back in the 1970's and '80's, so this video starts off as revision for me, but goes deeper into the story. Thanks for that. The Basutho ponies are hardy creatures blessed with endurance, and were prized by the Boers. Denys Reitz talks about his Basutho pony and it's qualities in his book 'Commando'. (I read a lot of local South African history from a young age, so I'm not 100% certain if this WAS on the school curriculum or me taking history books from the school library. That's what age and memory do to you.)
Cattle-rustlers using spears and small shields riding on ponies, living in well-defended hills reminds me very much of my Border ancestors. I wonder if they were quite as fierce as Evillwillit Sandie or Johnnie Armstrong or 'The Devil's Shaft Blade’. The history of cattle-raiding is an ancient trade, see how Celts built hill-forts to keep (stolen) cattle and they too valued very highly. The principle Irish myth 'Táin Bó Cúailnge' - often called "the Irish Iliad" - was all about a particular fetching cow!
I can certainly respect n appreciate anyone that tries to bring to light little known Wars and Conflicts that have existed in history. Awesome video you made, friend.
Bro you a G man, the only person I know touching on basotho history, you even made the effort of visiting the places thank you. Hope you enjoyed your visit ❤
We know the story, but it is not often told. AmaZulu know of their chiefs and wars, same as amaXhosa, but in reality, we do not know each other's victories and downfalls except for Shaka Zulu because the western world has sensationalised his reign. Thanks for the reminder.
@@homemail9653 I grew up in Pinetown and was extremely well taught in the history of the area and of South Africa, one can spend a lifetime reading every about it.
Excellent video, I've been to Lesoto and really liked it. I travelled from Bloemfontaine to Massaru, then hiched a ride up to Seminkong water fall. When I went around 2005, horse or I should say ponies were still in widespread use, Lesoto is the only place I have been where the horse is the primary means of transport or at least they were up in the mountains. From what I remember from Lonely Planet these ponies originally came from Java via the Dutch, Java as I'm sure you know was part of the Dutch East Indies. Apparently these ponies came to Java when Kublai Khan tried to invade and failed, so these hardy little horse are of Mongoluan stock and they look it. Despite having been to Lesoto I have never hard of the fight with the British but later on due to their alliance with the Crown I believe it saved Lesoto from Apartheid. This is a very obsure conflict thanks for bringing it to our attention, is there any nation on earth the British have never fought at one time or another.
A gripping story and we'll told. I also liked Josh's artwork. As a child I lived in Johannesburg in the 1960s, in Hillbrow and Yeoville, consequently I knew Berea very well, so it's good to know where the name comes from.
I agree this is one of the most interedting story from Africa during the 1800. Not new to me, I made a work for the Lesotho government in mid 1980s and bougt, and read, a biography of Mosheshe publish by Piguin books. Since then, I had been fashinated by this great king. Thank to You to telling this story for the RUclips generation.
Not directly...his family could be chiefs of the villages...King Moshoeshoe had around 140+ wives which I think were married to for diplomacy...He didn't have children with all of them, only few. Some wives fathered children with other men but culturally those children belonged to King Moshoeshoe..That's why we may have many Basotho with his name@redcoathistory
What a great educational piece. Of course I had never heard of this mini-war but it sounds like one of the best wars (if there can be such a thing) in Britain's colonial adventures in southern Africa. Keep up the good work!
“The Ndebele sought to break through to the summit via five of the six passes, but were repulsed by the defenders hurling assegais, boulders and stones from above from behind their walled fortifications. Tradition has it that Moshoeshoe sent a gift of oxen to the retreating enemy with the message that he believed that hunger had compelled them to invade his country, the consequence of which was that Mzilikazi launched no further attacks in the Caledon Valley.”
Can you make a playlist of all the tribal conflicts leading up to the zulu war, its easy to forget not only there were other tribes but other worthy and respectable rivals with their own agency.
Always going to stop in the comments to endorse researchers/presenters for making the effort and research for the Nguni pronunciations and the ‘clicks’. Having lived in the region I ought to say those clicks aren’t easy to me but I also want to shout out for this guy that his pronunciation is excellent for other words. He’s made that error in the research deserves respect given many RUclipsrs just rush through and guess even easily looked European and other pronunciations.
Please do Maqoma, The Xhosa chieftain/General who resisted the British, defeated them on multiple occasions, leading to protests in London because Britons were being taxed heavily to finance the never ending Kaffir/Xhosa wars. Maqoma inflicted defeats on the British in the war of 1834, he would go on to inflict more embarassing defeats on the British in the Xhosa war of 1850-1853, and that led to Sir Harry Smith getting recalled as a British General and being replaced by George Cathcart. Smith returned to England embarassed, his military career ended in shame, having been defeated by "savages" as my ancestors were called by the British.
My grate grand Mothers family who were from the Mbhele clan fled to thaba Boseho during the Mfecane wars and were taken in by King Moshoeshoe and subsequently changed their surname to Mpele to sound Sotho. Some of their clan then later moved to a place called now called De deur... And the rest is history.
@@masehoart7569 This is a channel on British military history for a mainly Anglo audience. Most of the audience don’t know Moshoeshoe so there is no need for your sarcastic comment. Feel free to make a film about any British king you like and call it what ever you want. . . I promise not to be offended or make sarcastic remarks about it. Life is too short. Thanks for watching (though I suspect you didn’t bother).
@@redcoathistoryThose sesotho speakers in Zambia actually migrated from Basotho land, and they formed Barotseland, hence the names like Mosi oa thunya, Katima molelo, which are of Sesotho language
@@komanelefokotsane2177 When I was in Zambia two men were talking with each other near the Malawi border. I think the Zambian said that they were Ngoni, a part of the large Zulu grouping. Their ancestors had been sent out looking for land to conquer. When they arrived in this area they said, "We don't have to fight anyone, look at all this good farmland. Don't report back, settle".
As a Mosotho, we all know of this war as a Battle of Berea not as a War of Soldiers. Morena Mosheshoe thought he could reason with the British but underestimated how deceitful the British could be. These treacherous acts by the British killed Moshoeshoe in 1870 two years after agreeing to become a British subject hoping that all the Basotho's territory would be protected. Moshoeshoe was betrayed by the British after fighting 3 wars (War of Senekal, Seqiti War ( Battle of Canons) and the Third Basotho War) with the Boers over the Basotho territory and the British gave the Basotho territory. History books tell us that Basotho lost battles against the Boers or the British but all these wars ended with an armistice from the Boers or the British. Morena Moshoeshoe agreed to make Basotho a subject of the British Empire because he believed that war affected his people not that he couldn't continue fighting but was tired of killing something foreign to the Europeans at the time based on history.
Morena Moshoeshoe died from a broken heart because he thought being a British subject would protect his territory. Morena Mosheshoe died a year after the signing of the Treaty of Aliwal of a broken heart.
Bukeng ea social studies standard 7,ho batho ba ngotseng PSLE e re"as Moshoeshoe grew older he became tired of fighting against the boers..." taba tsena li hlaha ho The death of Morena Moshoeshoe, chee ka bokhuts'oanyane nna kutloisiso eaka e mpha hore, O khethile khotso ho baballa sechaba sa hae papisong le marena a mehleng eo.
1852 Battle of Berea was 'inconclusive' against the orange free sovereignty. (Free State-Basotho Wars) from 1858-1868 were the orange free state took much land in many incursions is why the Basotho kingdom later Basotholand was placed under the British crowns protection with Moshoeshoe I voluntary abdication. (1851 Expedition into Basotholand) is often called the (battle of Viervoet) though it wasn't technically speaking as it was an ambushed expedition. Major Henry Douglas Warden after the (Battle of Boomplaats) in 1848 was no longer under British administration as the major joined the Orange River Sovereignty which was a sperate administration to Britain. (Orange River Sovereignty) mainly occupied by Dutch Boer's would become (Orange Free State) in 1854. Warden was appointed Major of this state in in 1848 with the states haphazard creation after the previously mention (Battle of Boomplaats) then in 1949 warden became the civil commissioner & so was technically no a military officer but a politician till July of 1852 when said state was succeeded by the Orange free state. I do not intend to detract from Moshoeshoe 1st but to explain that he did not fight Britain as such but a colony that consisted more of Boers & allied African tribes to the state rather then British men. The orange free sovereignty politically was considered a model republic though it had an aspect of frontierism & anarchy. The real story is so much more confusing & filled with intrigue among petty squabbles. The orange free sovereignty gave lip service to the Cape of good hope but was really independent from the start. This is why the Dutch Boer's had such an easy time to usurp the British funded endeavour. Think of the orange free sovereignty as an unintentionally British funded Dutch colony. British management for you being worth less then a cheese sandwich ah? King Moshoeshoe 1st should be considered a diplomat 1st & commander 2nd. He managed to play the mess that was in the region well to keep his kingdom for a time of about 2 decades give or take! It did ensure his peoples survival, relative peace & security.
To under stand how the Orange River Sovereignty leading to the Orange Free State came to be one must study the Great Trek from 1835-1840 were Approximately 12,000 to 14,000 Boers migrated north east from the cape of good hope. British numbers likely were in hundreds if that. Cape of good hope saw this as a prudent way to get rid of many Dutch settlers which avoided conflict with British for a time. Britain for some laughable reason thought they could later send Brits to colonise the same Great trek but turns out no one but the Dutch wanted to live in Arid hilly valley.
I have a few on the Shanghai patrol that you may find interesting though Lobengula is not the central character in the film.Will add him to my last of characters to explore. Thanks
Basotho has not return even today which was cruelly taken by boers and they killed basotho cruelly the whole of free state and south of johanesburg is basotho land that should be returned to the rightfull owners
True but majalefa a naha ea rona le oona a thotse tuu, achee a re ts'eremisa mangole kannete ho neng ho buuoa ka taba ee😢marena a thotse tuuu ekare haa eo athe polotiki eona e khopo ho feta sekele.
Moshweshwe bought his first horse in 1829, and firearms shortly after from drosters (mixed-race semi-nomadic colonial outcasts from the Cape Colony) who adopted similar life to the Dutch in the Cape, being heavily armed and riding horses. (Source: The Zulu Kingdom and the Boer Invasion of 1837-40 by John Laband 2022).
Without MaNtsopa the history of these skirmishes or battles is incomplete. Often overlooked in coverage of our African history and wars is the role of spirituality and intel collection.
the "fleet colonising super powers" woulds have done a cost / benefit analysis and decided not to. After all they had the surrounding Island territories already.
The colonial powers couldn't, the "Au De Prince" was defeated in Tonga and there proof in our history!! The colonial powers couldn't take Tonga full stop, William Mariners accounts and true story. You dont have proof, and I am tongan myself with handed down history and also books from tonga, Do not bring these fallacies to life!!
@colonelfustercluck486 also Captain Cook the filthy rapist came to Tonga, and was hurried out of Tonga for his life as he was brutally hurt in Tonga, he escaped to Hawaii, and when the Hawaiians found out he wasn't a God they killed him and a Statue stand on the shores of where he was killed. Tonga was the kingdom of the south pacific ocean. Uncolonised like eithiopia in Africa. Tonga has abit over 100,000 in population, which would of been way less back then, and your saying that based off analysis they couldn't colonised and island with less then 100,000 people!! They tried !!and didn't prevail!! Tongans are hard to handle!! As ex convict in Australia I can tell you from first hand that you stick 5 Tongans in a yard there taking over,!! You put 100 Tongans in a dangerous neighbourhood they taking over!! Our history explains itself!! We are warriors hunting machines that devoured the ocean from coast to another!! And Mr colonel if I was to stick 100 of you in and island with 100 Tongans I guarantee you that 100 of you would be just bones and memories!! So don't come around here with you bullshit I come from a long line of warriors kings!! We may not have diamonds and riches but we had heart and pure strength to live in the middle of the pacific ocean for however long we did!! We were made to survive!! And God above will always protect us as we have pure hearts!!
Glad of the great subject matter... voting "dislike" because you dredged out that borderline contemptuous "that YOU'VE never heard of" crap. Nothing personal, a matter of principle. Thanks !
That is just a headline to get people interested. I wouldn’t let it get you mad. But as long as you promise to subscribe and keep commenting then I forgive you!
At 16.57 references Cathcart having seen the Cossacks in action during the Napoleonic Wars and comparing the horsemanship and bravery of two horse warriors
No he did not, it is recorded that Moshoeshoe beat him and then send him cattle with this message "My great King, men who dress like your people have sought to make war with me, I doubt they are your men but I suspect they were hungry that's why they attacked me, I have provided this cattle for your men to eat" The message is somewhat exactly as quoted. He basically gave Mzilikazi cattle after defeating him.
@@Tigererolo the whole reason why he fought with Shaka was that he defeated the sotho and took cattle instead of taking them to Shaka, he kept them for himself
Kudos for the Sesotho words, and the Nguni clicks - not easy to do. The care and respect you've put into this video (as well as your suffering in a Lesotho winter) are much appreciated.
dankie maneer (sorry for bad spelling). I do love southern African languages. Hopefully I can be fluent one day.
@@redcoathistory
If only you could be bothered to pronounce the th sound in the English language instead of substituting it with a lazy f.
Dear William Ferguson - I am a proud working class lad. If your life is so pathetic that you troll people online criticising their bad pronunciation then perhaps it's time to take stock of where things went wrong. I hope you find the peace you are searching for.
@@redcoathistory well said, agree 100% with that, ignore the trolls, the fact is you try and it is hard to get the pronunciations right is evident.
@@redcoathistory here here old chap! Spoty dog. 😂
Wow!!. Now I understand why Basotho have no wish to be part of South Africa. They fought gallantly for their independence
You have captured the story of my people and our great King with such grace. Thank you for telling the story of this unique African who was way ahead of his time in a period that was akin to Thomas Hobbes State of Nature. He was successful as a nation builder because he realised the power of conscientious leadership. I am very inspired to have my tiny country rise to the legacy of this great man. Moshoeshoe was a head and shoulder above his contemporaries for his strength of vision, leadership, diplomacy, love for peace and his fellow subjects.
Basuto ponies are so hardy. My dad told me they went hiking in the Drakensberg and the mountain went misty at dusk. They were forced to pitch a tent on the trail to not fall of the mountain. It was a misty zero moonlight night. Around midnight that night they heard hoofs. They went out and saw four men with gumboots and AK47s and 6 ponies laden with dagga. They greeted them and they greeted back and they dissapeared into the night with no flash lights. The thought of those men and horses going down that mountain on an almost zero visibility night with gumboots just reminds you that that is their mountain!
Those ponies don't stop. We got a cruiser and a bakkie stuck in some bog for hours, those ponies just trotted through without even slowing.
@@Gufasa1 were thy ghost?
Basotho not Basuto
@@Bulliongold1 Apologies
Said before, now saying again: Your channel deserves much more visibility and subs. What a fantastic work of research.
Thankyou very much...Hopefully we can spread the word one video at a time.
Oh finally!!! Someone pronounced "Xho" correctly, we've dealt with "Hosa" for a long time. Thanks for your dedications Sir.
Moshoeshoe was the greatest King not only a warrior but a diplomat, survivor, protetor of those seeking protection, he gave different tribes the right to continue with their culture and languages.
Quthing and some parts of Botha-Buthe do have other ethnic groups, but we are all Basotho😊❤and we love one another,,,
What happened to Chief Moorosi of Baphuthi clan who betrayed and handed over his head to queen Victoria, research and you will find out,Lesotho only exists because of the rebel of chief Moorosi
@@thapelomohorosi1733 l do not know that story, if it happened pheping(haebe u motho oa Quthing) hase ntho e monate, but my point here ke hore hona kahare ho naha ena rena le mehlobo e meng ntle le Basotho ka puo tse fapaneng, mekhoa le litloaelo. Hole joalo re ntse re phela hantle haho moroa, moroa tooe.
A war I've never heard of. Thanks for bringing it up!
Great - glad you found it interesting
Thank you so much, I have always loved the story of Moesheshe. Brilliant leader. ❤
Another superb video story , I had never heard of this war or nation ……glad to have been enlightened …..again ..loved the Cossack reference “ killingee stuff “ at 17.04 minutes in , whole video was great 🤣🤣👏👏
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. . .
If I am not mistaken, we were taught about Moshoeshoe in primary school back in the 1970's and '80's, so this video starts off as revision for me, but goes deeper into the story.
Thanks for that.
The Basutho ponies are hardy creatures blessed with endurance, and were prized by the Boers.
Denys Reitz talks about his Basutho pony and it's qualities in his book 'Commando'.
(I read a lot of local South African history from a young age, so I'm not 100% certain if this WAS on the school curriculum or me taking history books from the school library.
That's what age and memory do to you.)
Cattle-rustlers using spears and small shields riding on ponies, living in well-defended hills reminds me very much of my Border ancestors. I wonder if they were quite as fierce as Evillwillit Sandie or Johnnie Armstrong or 'The Devil's Shaft Blade’.
The history of cattle-raiding is an ancient trade, see how Celts built hill-forts to keep (stolen) cattle and they too valued very highly. The principle Irish myth 'Táin Bó Cúailnge' - often called "the Irish Iliad" - was all about a particular fetching cow!
Bull. In this case. The brown bull of cuailnge.
Thanks a lot - that is fascinating. I must look into it more.
I think this is a brilliant episode and educational. You learn something new everyday 👍🏻 thanks for your efforts I look forward to watching every week
Thanks mate - that means a lot
Khelek! Ka thaba hakae feela banna. Nalane ea naha ea heso. ❤
Le nna ke thabile!
@@redcoathistory😊
Le nna
Excellent lecture Chris👍👍👍
Many thanks! Lesotho is a wonderful country.
Superb episode!
Thanks a lot, Sir.
I do have several 1853 and several 1877 medals, one for the campaign against the Basuto. It's funny but I find these in the USA😅
Great video never knew about this war 🇬🇧.
Thanks a lot - was great fun to make.
I can certainly respect n appreciate anyone that tries to bring to light little known Wars and Conflicts that have existed in history. Awesome video you made, friend.
Honest story telling no propaganda thank God bless u reyaleboha
ke a leboha ntate!
Rea leboha kaho ithuta ho bua leho ngola Sesotho.
Ke rata ho ithuta Sesotho (sorry its still bad but I am trying).
Bro you a G man, the only person I know touching on basotho history, you even made the effort of visiting the places thank you. Hope you enjoyed your visit ❤
Dumela Ntate! O tswa ko Lesotho? I love Lesotho and hope to visit again soon. Thank for the message.
Basuto, great warriors, you are right, africas Cossaks. Have great ponies and great dogs until today.
Cossacks, My first thought was, Basuto Warriors, riding huge War Horses😁
@@markplaw9496 kwakwakwa they are good horses breeders
It's not forgotten as us South Africans know all about it!
Excellent.
Not really
@@paddaboi_ you must be undereducated then
We know the story, but it is not often told. AmaZulu know of their chiefs and wars, same as amaXhosa, but in reality, we do not know each other's victories and downfalls except for Shaka Zulu because the western world has sensationalised his reign. Thanks for the reminder.
@@homemail9653 I grew up in Pinetown and was extremely well taught in the history of the area and of South Africa, one can spend a lifetime reading every about it.
I grew up in JHB and 40 years ago we learned of Moshoeshoe.
Great explanation of these battles and wonderful scenery. Thank you for your dedication
Thanks very much. This was a real labour of love as Lesotho is a place very close to my heart.
Excellent video, I've been to Lesoto and really liked it. I travelled from Bloemfontaine to Massaru, then hiched a ride up to Seminkong water fall.
When I went around 2005, horse or I should say ponies were still in widespread use, Lesoto is the only place I have been where the horse is the primary means of transport or at least they were up in the mountains.
From what I remember from Lonely Planet these ponies originally came from Java via the Dutch, Java as I'm sure you know was part of the Dutch East Indies. Apparently these ponies came to Java when Kublai Khan tried to invade and failed, so these hardy little horse are of Mongoluan stock and they look it.
Despite having been to Lesoto I have never hard of the fight with the British but later on due to their alliance with the Crown I believe it saved Lesoto from Apartheid. This is a very obsure conflict thanks for bringing it to our attention, is there any nation on earth the British have never fought at one time or another.
@@anthonycrumb5753 Thanks for the comment. Yes Lesotho is a beautiful place with great people. And you are right about the crown/apartheid.
Glad you liked my country
Well done Chris! My gran remembered that in WW2 (I'm from Malta) a regiment of Basuto troops were stationed here.
Oh wow that is very cool. I didn’t know that. Thanks for letting me know
I had a great grandfather who recently passed, that's about 10 years ago, who fought in WW2 and was from Lesotho.
@@Tigererolo do you know if he was ever stationed in Malta?
@catholicmilitantUSA Sorry that I cannot tell unfortunately.
I have always suspected the Basuto warriors were tough! Great storytelling, and it keeps this history alive. Thank you, Chris!
Glad you enjoyed it, keith. Always appreciate your comments.
They had allies like san and korana after been chased by boers
ke rona bao 😊
Great vlog and you Can’t beat a bit of Sid James
A gripping story and we'll told. I also liked Josh's artwork. As a child I lived in Johannesburg in the 1960s, in Hillbrow and Yeoville, consequently I knew Berea very well, so it's good to know where the name comes from.
I agree this is one of the most interedting story from Africa during the 1800. Not new to me, I made a work for the Lesotho government in mid 1980s and bougt, and read, a biography of Mosheshe publish by Piguin books. Since then, I had been fashinated by this great king.
Thank to You to telling this story for the RUclips generation.
Hi.thanks a lot. I will have to look up your book. Thanks for sharing and commenting.
Big ups to your brother for taking the effort of pronouncing the languages, it's a rare effort even with white South Africans living here
Ke a leboha Ntate. Ke ithuta Sesotho hobanee mosadi waka Ke Mosotho.
Wow, so well done. Like a hardcore history in a sweet moving picture delight. ❤
Yes my ancestor😊
Fantastic. Are you in the royal family?
Not directly...his family could be chiefs of the villages...King Moshoeshoe had around 140+ wives which I think were married to for diplomacy...He didn't have children with all of them, only few. Some wives fathered children with other men but culturally those children belonged to King Moshoeshoe..That's why we may have many Basotho with his name@redcoathistory
I have never heard of this battle. Great info and well covered Chris.
What a great educational piece. Of course I had never heard of this mini-war but it sounds like one of the best wars (if there can be such a thing) in Britain's colonial adventures in southern Africa. Keep up the good work!
Caught me off guard with this one 😮😮😮 still knowledge is power
True even shaka was afraid of them, but mzilikazi did win a battle with them
“The Ndebele sought to break through to the summit via five of the six passes, but were repulsed by the defenders hurling assegais, boulders and stones from above from behind their walled fortifications. Tradition has it that Moshoeshoe sent a gift of oxen to the retreating enemy with the message that he believed that hunger had compelled them to invade his country, the consequence of which was that Mzilikazi launched no further attacks in the Caledon Valley.”
Nobody ever beat Moshoeshoe he is just too great.
His reign was superior and longer than most
Can you make a playlist of all the tribal conflicts leading up to the zulu war, its easy to forget not only there were other tribes but other worthy and respectable rivals with their own agency.
You need to do the Benin Kindom in present day Nigeria. It was very tough for the british until 1876
I'm actually learning about this in school in history 😅
I'm sotho man. Do history about king Sekhukhune
Im actually researching it as we speak. Any books you’d recommend?
Another great video. Thank you!
Another excellent work mate, thank you for sharing it.
@@FranciscoPreira Thanks brother! This was really fun to film.
Absolutely love your work my brother ❤
Ke a leboha ntate!
Always going to stop in the comments to endorse researchers/presenters for making the effort and research for the Nguni pronunciations and the ‘clicks’.
Having lived in the region I ought to say those clicks aren’t easy to me but I also want to shout out for this guy that his pronunciation is excellent for other words.
He’s made that error in the research deserves respect given many RUclipsrs just rush through and guess even easily looked European and other pronunciations.
Wonderful history and amazing details
Great yarn, Chris - cheers.
Props on your great effort at pronunciation 🎉
Great stuff as always Chris, keep up the good work!
@@colonelrexford Thanks, Sir. Appreciate the feedback and kind words.
Imagine the soldiers that did the cooking calling out 'LUNCH IS READY!!!' to the rest of the troops. Food is a good morale booster, isn't it?
Ha ha yes it is a great detail isn't it? Brave men for sure.
aye, anyone for a cuppa?
@@colonelfustercluck486 Tea or coffee?
@@hound3000 Sorry old chap, it would simply have to be a decent tea !!! (Back in those days)
@@colonelfustercluck486 Lunch and tea. A good combination.
Excellent history lesson👏
Thanks a lot. This was a fun video to make.
Well done!!
Great video of a great mountain people.
Dude 😎That was awesome !
Brilliant 👏
Love this!
King of Politics in my humble opinion.
Wakanda forever
Please do Maqoma, The Xhosa chieftain/General who resisted the British, defeated them on multiple occasions, leading to protests in London because Britons were being taxed heavily to finance the never ending Kaffir/Xhosa wars. Maqoma inflicted defeats on the British in the war of 1834, he would go on to inflict more embarassing defeats on the British in the Xhosa war of 1850-1853, and that led to Sir Harry Smith getting recalled as a British General and being replaced by George Cathcart. Smith returned to England embarassed, his military career ended in shame, having been defeated by "savages" as my ancestors were called by the British.
Depends if you are going to be frienly and helpful! I hope you will be, in which case I'd love to make more films about the Xhosa wars.
My grate grand Mothers family who were from the Mbhele clan fled to thaba Boseho during the Mfecane wars and were taken in by King Moshoeshoe and subsequently changed their surname to Mpele to sound Sotho. Some of their clan then later moved to a place called now called De deur... And the rest is history.
Wow that's very cool. What a wonderful family history. Thanks for sharing.
“You have never heard of “ - took me out. That would be like me doing a video about Henry VII, saying “a king you have probably never heard of” but
@@masehoart7569 This is a channel on British military history for a mainly Anglo audience. Most of the audience don’t know Moshoeshoe so there is no need for your sarcastic comment. Feel free to make a film about any British king you like and call it what ever you want. . . I promise not to be offended or make sarcastic remarks about it. Life is too short. Thanks for watching (though I suspect you didn’t bother).
The best
My king 👑
Here in Zambia we are aware of this,its part of our school curriculum.
That’s interesting. I know there are Sesotho speakers in Zambia but I didn’t realise that the relationship was so close.
@@redcoathistoryThose sesotho speakers in Zambia actually migrated from Basotho land, and they formed Barotseland, hence the names like Mosi oa thunya, Katima molelo, which are of Sesotho language
@@komanelefokotsane2177 When I was in Zambia two men were talking with each other near the Malawi border.
I think the Zambian said that they were Ngoni, a part of the large Zulu grouping. Their ancestors had been sent out looking for land to conquer.
When they arrived in this area they said, "We don't have to fight anyone, look at all this good farmland. Don't report back, settle".
REspect for all who defend their families
Thamkyou
15:59 Lancers gap is where the British were ambushed, you are right
Ke a le boha ntate! Thanks for sharing! Do you have any additional sources or thoughts on this?
Southern Africa Unite 💪🏾
Do a video about Maqoma, the Xhosa King who fout over 20 British generals. He was King and also the General of hos army. Very interesting
Thanks - I certainly want to cover the Frontier wars. Appreciate the comment and advice.
As a Mosotho, we all know of this war as a Battle of Berea not as a War of Soldiers. Morena Mosheshoe thought he could reason with the British but underestimated how deceitful the British could be. These treacherous acts by the British killed Moshoeshoe in 1870 two years after agreeing to become a British subject hoping that all the Basotho's territory would be protected. Moshoeshoe was betrayed by the British after fighting 3 wars (War of Senekal, Seqiti War ( Battle of Canons) and the Third Basotho War) with the Boers over the Basotho territory and the British gave the Basotho territory. History books tell us that Basotho lost battles against the Boers or the British but all these wars ended with an armistice from the Boers or the British. Morena Moshoeshoe agreed to make Basotho a subject of the British Empire because he believed that war affected his people not that he couldn't continue fighting but was tired of killing something foreign to the Europeans at the time based on history.
@@andreassemousu1293 Please share your source that the British killed him.
Morena Moshoeshoe died from a broken heart because he thought being a British subject would protect his territory. Morena Mosheshoe died a year after the signing of the Treaty of Aliwal of a broken heart.
Bukeng ea social studies standard 7,ho batho ba ngotseng PSLE e re"as Moshoeshoe grew older he became tired of fighting against the boers..." taba tsena li hlaha ho The death of Morena Moshoeshoe, chee ka bokhuts'oanyane nna kutloisiso eaka e mpha hore, O khethile khotso ho baballa sechaba sa hae papisong le marena a mehleng eo.
Rhodesian Grey scouts used Basuto Ponies you could pay for to buy when i am right.
1852 Battle of Berea was 'inconclusive' against the orange free sovereignty.
(Free State-Basotho Wars) from 1858-1868 were the orange free state took much land in many incursions is why the Basotho kingdom later Basotholand was placed under the British crowns protection with Moshoeshoe I voluntary abdication.
(1851 Expedition into Basotholand) is often called the (battle of Viervoet) though it wasn't technically speaking as it was an ambushed expedition.
Major Henry Douglas Warden after the (Battle of Boomplaats) in 1848 was no longer under British administration as the major joined the Orange River Sovereignty which was a sperate administration to Britain.
(Orange River Sovereignty) mainly occupied by Dutch Boer's would become (Orange Free State) in 1854.
Warden was appointed Major of this state in in 1848 with the states haphazard creation after the previously mention (Battle of Boomplaats) then in 1949 warden became the civil commissioner & so was technically no a military officer but a politician till July of 1852 when said state was succeeded by the Orange free state.
I do not intend to detract from Moshoeshoe 1st but to explain that he did not fight Britain as such but a colony that consisted more of Boers & allied African tribes to the state rather then British men.
The orange free sovereignty politically was considered a model republic though it had an aspect of frontierism & anarchy.
The real story is so much more confusing & filled with intrigue among petty squabbles.
The orange free sovereignty gave lip service to the Cape of good hope but was really independent from the start.
This is why the Dutch Boer's had such an easy time to usurp the British funded endeavour.
Think of the orange free sovereignty as an unintentionally British funded Dutch colony.
British management for you being worth less then a cheese sandwich ah?
King Moshoeshoe 1st should be considered a diplomat 1st & commander 2nd.
He managed to play the mess that was in the region well to keep his kingdom for a time of about 2 decades give or take!
It did ensure his peoples survival, relative peace & security.
To under stand how the Orange River Sovereignty leading to the Orange Free State came to be one must study the Great Trek from 1835-1840 were Approximately 12,000 to 14,000 Boers migrated north east from the cape of good hope.
British numbers likely were in hundreds if that.
Cape of good hope saw this as a prudent way to get rid of many Dutch settlers which avoided conflict with British for a time.
Britain for some laughable reason thought they could later send Brits to colonise the same Great trek but turns out no one but the Dutch wanted to live in Arid hilly valley.
Keu ratile, khelek❤
@@palesamaema323 Glad someone ''liked'' it or those couple of paragraphs would have been for little.
Kind regards!
Great episode. Eat more Beef!
Can you make as a video about Soshangaan, the first king of the AmaShangaane
Ill be honest, I don’t know much about him, but Ill have a look and see what I can find out 👍🏻
Did you voice a character on COD? like you also look like him wow
@@jokesterthemighty227 Lol I had to ask my younger friend what COD was. Wish I was a character in a game = that would be very cool.
As a Mosotho can't say any further
Please create a video about Lebengula
I have a few on the Shanghai patrol that you may find interesting though Lobengula is not the central character in the film.Will add him to my last of characters to explore. Thanks
Shaka's real name is "MLILWANA", which means "The Small Fire".😏
It was lesotho Swazi and bechuena land that requested protection
Basotho has not return even today which was cruelly taken by boers and they killed basotho cruelly the whole of free state and south of johanesburg is basotho land that should be returned to the rightfull owners
Maafrika boroa wants to hear nothing about that part unfortunately
@@masellononyana816 ke moaforika borwa je nna
True but majalefa a naha ea rona le oona a thotse tuu, achee a re ts'eremisa mangole kannete ho neng ho buuoa ka taba ee😢marena a thotse tuuu ekare haa eo athe polotiki eona e khopo ho feta sekele.
Where the ..... Did the horses come from?
Moshweshwe bought his first horse in 1829, and firearms shortly after from drosters (mixed-race semi-nomadic colonial outcasts from the Cape Colony) who adopted similar life to the Dutch in the Cape, being heavily armed and riding horses. (Source: The Zulu Kingdom and the Boer Invasion of 1837-40 by John Laband 2022).
Yes Basotho fought but again they were protected by British after requested
“Wasn’t a fan of poetry” I love the low key humor.
Ha ha, thanks a lot. I try to be subtle...
Without MaNtsopa the history of these skirmishes or battles is incomplete. Often overlooked in coverage of our African history and wars is the role of spirituality and intel collection.
If you have good primary sources then please share. Im always keen to learn more.
This rural aread u people see wete supposed to be in all those farms in a basotho land called free stsate and the south of johanesburg
Please do one on the tongan resilience against the fleet colonising super powers that could not defeat tonga nor colonise Tonga 🇹🇴
Ill look it up, thanks
the "fleet colonising super powers" woulds have done a cost / benefit analysis and decided not to. After all they had the surrounding Island territories already.
@@colonelfustercluck486 where's your proof
The colonial powers couldn't, the "Au De Prince" was defeated in Tonga and there proof in our history!! The colonial powers couldn't take Tonga full stop, William Mariners accounts and true story.
You dont have proof, and I am tongan myself with handed down history and also books from tonga, Do not bring these fallacies to life!!
@colonelfustercluck486 also Captain Cook the filthy rapist came to Tonga, and was hurried out of Tonga for his life as he was brutally hurt in Tonga, he escaped to Hawaii, and when the Hawaiians found out he wasn't a God they killed him and a Statue stand on the shores of where he was killed.
Tonga was the kingdom of the south pacific ocean. Uncolonised like eithiopia in Africa.
Tonga has abit over 100,000 in population, which would of been way less back then, and your saying that based off analysis they couldn't colonised and island with less then 100,000 people!! They tried !!and didn't prevail!! Tongans are hard to handle!! As ex convict in Australia I can tell you from first hand that you stick 5 Tongans in a yard there taking over,!! You put 100 Tongans in a dangerous neighbourhood they taking over!! Our history explains itself!! We are warriors hunting machines that devoured the ocean from coast to another!! And Mr colonel if I was to stick 100 of you in and island with 100 Tongans I guarantee you that 100 of you would be just bones and memories!! So don't come around here with you bullshit I come from a long line of warriors kings!! We may not have diamonds and riches but we had heart and pure strength to live in the middle of the pacific ocean for however long we did!! We were made to survive!! And God above will always protect us as we have pure hearts!!
Sounds like the squaddies did their job and the toffs screwed up badly.
A common story, sir.
I can tell you're not even African but your Sesotho pronunciations are not bad at all. Nevermind the clicks 🔥🙆🏽♂️
Ke a leboha ntate. Ke ithuta Sesotho hobanee mosadi waka ke mosotho.
@@redcoathistory holy crap wa se ngola? 🔥🔥 Ontja ya game
@@TshepoMavimbela Dankie ntate!
@@redcoathistory subbed, notifications on. Will back binge on some interesting videos I see you have
Take a look at Batlokoa people...
Do you live in South Africa?
Yes, Sir.
Glad of the great subject matter... voting "dislike" because you dredged out that borderline contemptuous "that YOU'VE never heard of" crap. Nothing personal, a matter of principle. Thanks !
That is just a headline to get people interested. I wouldn’t let it get you mad. But as long as you promise to subscribe and keep commenting then I forgive you!
@@redcoathistory I've been subscribed for well over a year :)
Are you still around?
Dumela Ntate. Ke tsamaile. Ke dula Johannesburg.
Why Cossacks?
If you watch the film it will answer your question, Sir.
At 16.57 references Cathcart having seen the Cossacks in action during the Napoleonic Wars and comparing the horsemanship and bravery of two horse warriors
Research everything you hear.
Basotho ( The brown people).
and 'sappers' were there
Lemonade reya leboha ntate ka moqoqo omonate
Didnt Mzilikazi kaMashobane defeat the sotho people?
No he did not, it is recorded that Moshoeshoe beat him and then send him cattle with this message "My great King, men who dress like your people have sought to make war with me, I doubt they are your men but I suspect they were hungry that's why they attacked me, I have provided this cattle for your men to eat" The message is somewhat exactly as quoted. He basically gave Mzilikazi cattle after defeating him.
@@Tigererolo the whole reason why he fought with Shaka was that he defeated the sotho and took cattle instead of taking them to Shaka, he kept them for himself
@@Aphelele-h1h Read this books, History of the Basuto and The Mabilles of Basutoland. What books back your story?
Moshoeshoe beat him. What history did you read.🤣
@@Aphelele-h1hThose were a “Sotho” speaking clan in what is now called Gauteng even before Moshoeshoe formed the Basotho nation.