XIXᵉ siècle
Thembuland, Cape Colony
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The Battle of Mbholompo was the decisive defeat of Matiwane’s Ngwane by a combined force of British troops, colonial burghers, Xhosa and Thembu regiments. The conflict ended the Ngwane threat in the Cape region and temporarily suspended British–Xhosa hostilities. It also produced a short-lived military alliance among groups otherwise divided by frontier conflict.
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Matiwane’s Ngwane entered Thembu country after fleeing from the northern regions, creating alarm across the Cape frontier. An advance party of Cape colonial forces initially mistook them for Zulu forces, and a skirmish followed without a conclusive result. The uncertainty surrounding the invaders encouraged preparations for a larger confrontation.
Governor Somerset, Hintsa, the Gcaleka chief, and Vusani, the Thembu chief, cooperated in organizing the response. British troops and colonial burghers joined Xhosa and Thembu regiments in a combined force. This cooperation temporarily set aside the hostilities that had characterized British–Xhosa relations.
The decisive engagement took place at Mbholompo, where the Ngwane were thoroughly defeated and many were killed. Some survivors joined the Thembu and Xhosa, strengthening the population later identified as Mfengu, while others fled with Matiwane toward Lesotho. Matiwane was eventually allowed to settle in Lesotho by Moshoeshoe I, but after returning toward Natal he was killed by Dingane, who had succeeded Shaka as Zulu ruler.
The defeat removed one of the strongest and most destructive forces associated with the Mfecane from the Cape frontier. After Mbholompo, the Colony and the areas occupied by the Xhosa and Thembu were described as free from a serious external threat. The military alliance that had defeated the Ngwane was temporary, however, because it depended on the existence of a common enemy.
XIXᵉ siècle
Thembuland, Cape Colony
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
The Battle of Mbholompo was the decisive defeat of Matiwane’s Ngwane by a combined force of British troops, colonial burghers, Xhosa and Thembu regiments. The conflict ended the Ngwane threat in the Cape region and temporarily suspended British–Xhosa hostilities. It also produced a short-lived military alliance among groups otherwise divided by frontier conflict.
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Matiwane’s Ngwane entered Thembu country after fleeing from the northern regions, creating alarm across the Cape frontier. An advance party of Cape colonial forces initially mistook them for Zulu forces, and a skirmish followed without a conclusive result. The uncertainty surrounding the invaders encouraged preparations for a larger confrontation.
Governor Somerset, Hintsa, the Gcaleka chief, and Vusani, the Thembu chief, cooperated in organizing the response. British troops and colonial burghers joined Xhosa and Thembu regiments in a combined force. This cooperation temporarily set aside the hostilities that had characterized British–Xhosa relations.
The decisive engagement took place at Mbholompo, where the Ngwane were thoroughly defeated and many were killed. Some survivors joined the Thembu and Xhosa, strengthening the population later identified as Mfengu, while others fled with Matiwane toward Lesotho. Matiwane was eventually allowed to settle in Lesotho by Moshoeshoe I, but after returning toward Natal he was killed by Dingane, who had succeeded Shaka as Zulu ruler.
The defeat removed one of the strongest and most destructive forces associated with the Mfecane from the Cape frontier. After Mbholompo, the Colony and the areas occupied by the Xhosa and Thembu were described as free from a serious external threat. The military alliance that had defeated the Ngwane was temporary, however, because it depended on the existence of a common enemy.
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