A Forgotten African Siege That Defied All Odds

[@Pringlelover]

Congratulations on garnering 100k subscriptions.

[@redcoathistory]

Thank you! Appreciate that.

[@andygeorgeparkinson2515]

Seems like never a Dull Moment around Hlotse all fun and games …..what an incredible time to have been alive and thanks to you and Cam for keeping the memory of such fascinating men and times alive 👏👏👏👍

[@redcoathistory]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks

[@martinhogg5337]

A great story! Most enjoyable,thanks!

[@redcoathistory]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@allanburt5250]

Another cracking video mate 👌 what a fantastic name for a unit

[@markdickey739]

Another great video about a mostly forgotten conflict.

[@BillsWargameWorld]

Another awesome video

[@redcoathistory]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks Bill.

[@BillsWargameWorld]

@ amazing story and would make a Great War game

[@mambaman9363]

It’s interesting to come across tales of the old British Empire. This video would go down like a lead balloon in post colony Africa. One looks at Britain now with a society, military and politicians who would never see a single British soldier on any foreign soil. All those brave men who defended and died to develop colonies that have ultimately ended up vitiating the colonial mother ship. Still keep up these gems of days gone by.

[@PaulMcNicholls66]

An interesting story, Chris. Thanks for putting another informative post together. Best wishes from the Red River guy in Canada.

[@redcoathistory]

Glad you enjoyed it, Paul. Hope your current book projects are going well. All the best and have a great christmas.

[@PaulMcNicholls66]

Merry Christmas to you and your family too, Chris.

[@cameronsimpson-ld8nk]

Nice one Chris....a great video

[@redcoathistory]

Thanks to you!

[@WilhelmvonBosch]

As an American, I appreciate your opening comments.😅 As a historian and wargamer, I appreciate such a concise and captivating video, creating a launching pad for further research and gaming! 😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇸

[@eyeballtat]

Wonderful history lesson, much appreciated 🇺🇸 🤝🏻 🇬🇧

[@redcoathistory]

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the comment. A forgotten corner of history. ANy other campaigns/people you'd like to see me cover?

[@NickButler-p5x]

Top video, great job.

[@redcoathistory]

Cheers, Nick.

[@FranciscoPreira]

Great video mate. Major later Colonel Ignatius Philip FERREIRA, C.M.G., a south african soldier of portuguese ancestry, nice to see a "tuga" againg intangled with Brit/South African military history. Great work Chris, Merry Xmas mate.

[@redcoathistory]

Thanks mate. Yep, there are quite a few South Africans of Portuguese ancestry. Happy Christmas to you too.

[@jep1103]

Another well informative video of a scrap I'd never heard of. Have you done the siege of Chitral? I have just read an old book about it.....fascinating

[@redcoathistory]

funnily enough I have been to Chitral. Was it mark Simners book? I wish Id have taken more photos or video while I was there. Maybe one day!

[@keithagn]

I echo all the other comments: great story! great video! very well presented! Thank you, Chris and Regards from Canada 🇨🇦

[@redcoathistory]

Cheers Keith. Always good to hear from you.

[@keithagn]

@redcoathistory As well, congratulations on passing 100,000 subscribers. That is a real milestone, and I understand the hard work it took to do it! Merry Christmas to you and your family, and All the Best for 2025!

[@redcoathistory]

@@keithagn Appreciate that mate. Yep, it's taken about 8 years and has been a journey but luckily I love this history so much that I am still motivated to keep going. happy Christmas to you too. . .

[@DavidBenner-cy4zl]

Good information. Merry Christmas!

[@SnEaKyGiTau]

Great video!! 👍 If you should do one on the Coorg campaign in India that would be great, currently researching 2 officers from the 39th regiment of foot who perished there in 1840.

[@redcoathistory]

Thanks - I don't know about that one so will have to look it up. . .

[@brianford8493]

As an aside mate something about photography and journalism would be Brilliant....That way I know you will have to Give me Crimian material..... brilliant!✌️

[@brianford8493]

Fascinating stuff made my morning chap ta! ✌️

[@redcoathistory]

Glad you enjoyed it, had you heard about Hhlotse before?

[@brianford8493]

Only through a passing reference reading about the Kimberly horse etc,British military history is such a wonderful landscape veering from total bumbling disaster to incredible feats of genius and fortitude so I learnt a shed load thanks chap....since I saw Zulu as a sprog the Red Surge has held deep fascination here particularly Crimea and Boer wars.The thought if a grenadier gaurd on picket wearing that kit in a muddy freezing waterlogged trench really resonates.✌️

[@redcoathistory]

@@brianford8493 Yep you've hit the nail on the head there. We'll never get bored studying British military history. . .

[@Ross205]

I really like the on location bit in the video.

[@Britishempire-hv6rb]

Great video thanks

[@redcoathistory]

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the comment. A forgotten corner of history. Any other campaigns/people you'd like to see me cover?

[@graemer3657]

Great video. I think you have moved your auto-cue closer to the camera lens so you now look straight into the camera when speaking. When you started making these videos it seemed you were looking slightly to the slide. A big improvement . I look forward to watching these videos.

[@johnhudghton3535]

Thank you for another excellent video. Nice logo.

[@redcoathistory]

Glad you like it. Any other campaigns or personalities you'd like to see me cover?

[@jj_duke]

Curios Chris, you refer to the Basotho units as commando multiple times, is this because its convenient as it encapsulates their military style or is it a hang over from Portuguese Africa and their interactions with the Basotho, if any? Admittedly i wasnt aware of the origin of the word beyond the Boer but your film got me thinking..and googling

[@StevenSmith-dc1fq]

A great piece of history.

[@adamedwards1937]

Nice! Talking for forgotten sieges, fancy a crack at Jadotville?

[@redcoathistory]

Ha ha - not really my usual era or army - but never say never!

[@cameramanceltic4915]

Jadotville was fought by irish soldiers not british . A battle fought in the Congo in 1960 but soldiers of the Republic of Ireland . not the Uk .. This gentleman is telling us the history of the British Army not Irish . I suggest you educate yourself a bit more

[@loquat4440]

As far as hard fighting, the brits had a hard fight against the Matabele also. In one of those wars the brits did use machine guns to prevail is what I understand.

[@redcoathistory]

Hi - I have a number of videos on the channel re. 1st and 2nd Matabele wars that you may enjoy.

[@SteveMooreCFAB]

Loving the logo

[@welshwarrior5263]

You pronounced that well Chris. I love that click click language.

[@redcoathistory]

Cheers mate - that was a particularly tough one - had to practice a few times lol

[@welshwarrior5263]

@redcoathistory I can't speak my own language so we'll done. 👍

[@airlinesecret6725]

What numbers are we talking a Commando ? Kimberly Horse ?

[@janlindtner305]

👍👍👍

[@redcoathistory]

Cheers, Jan.

[@studyoftheday]

❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉 100K

[@loquat4440]

Some of these battles might be easier for us to comprehend if the weapons used by the basutho patriots was given. I use patriots here for surely that land was of the basothos and not the queen of the UK's land. For example muzzle loading smooth bores would quite different in capability when compared to a single shot breech loading rifle of the colonial forces. You might mention the basotho are very much into using horses from what I understand. The british forces were became much more in control of their colonies i the later 1890's with development and then deployment of the Maxim machine gun and repeating rifles loaded with smokeless powder.

[@redcoathistory]

I’ve covered the gun war extensively sir. The Basotho weapons were generally superior to the Cape forces (not British regulars) opposing them. The Basotho had mainly privately purchased weapons and of very high quality.

[@loquat4440]

@@redcoathistory It is not only the quality as much as the modernity of it. Did they have something such as a the Remington rolling block breech loaders or such.

[@user-mc4sq3fk5d]

Love your stuff but still would like less obscure redcoat history that you still haven’t covered like Braddocks campaign and the War of 1812 in New Orleans.

[@Napoleon1815-l8c]

2A forever!

[@keithagn]

I wish we had a 2A up here in Canada 🇨🇦... Regards

[@PhansiKhongoloza]

What's the difference between a South African and an Australian settler? The South African paid his own passage.

[@SteveHB59]

And a lot of the SA decedents have now fled to Australia. 😆

[@PhansiKhongoloza]

@SteveHB59 Indeed! That's due to the Aussies getting pissy over our politics....... meanwhile they were chaining up their Abo's and issuing hunting licences to anyone who wanted one! And plied them with alcohol and smallpox infected blankets! The irony.

[@SteveHB59]

@@PhansiKhongoloza haha keep drinking the cool aid kid

[@spervuurproduksies]

@@PhansiKhongoloza Shhh. They try to forget those details. 😄

[@AndreWesthuizen]

Stop the stupid and silly remarks - very irritating.

[@redcoathistory]

I don’t respond to order, Sir. All the best to you.