Sent to kill: The shocking true story behind a forgotten African colonial war (Lost stories of Africa) (Volume 1)

TRUE 19TH CENTURY WAR STORY WILL KEEP YOU GUESSING UNTIL THE ENDIT'S 1879 IN BASUTOLAND. The Baphuthi King Moorosi is secure on his mountaintop village, holding 800 colonial soldiers at bay on the plateau below. When the soldiers attack, Moorosi and his armed fighters mow them down from behind a series of stone walls erected on the only accessible slope on the 1,200-ft mountain. As the war rages on, time and the mounting cost of fighting the war are running out. The king's superior tactics, skilled marksmen and repeated victories convince many in the colonial government that they should abandon the war. But a new commander is determined he can lead the colonial army to victory. You'll never guess what happens next. SENT TO KILL is an exciting true adventure story, vividly demonstrating how the Moorosi War arose, how it was fought, and revealing the nature of colonialism in the 19th Century.