The Orphans And Ants Part 25: The Dawn Assault On Dithubaruba

Monday, October 17, 2016

After midnight, now in the early hours of 28th August 1826, the Bangwaketse Kgosi Sebego ordered the final advance. Under cover of darkness his 5,000 men passed quietly through the open valley between the Dithubaruba and Magagarape hills.

It was potentially the most dangerous phase of the operation. Had the Makololo been alerted, they might have entrapped and overwhelmed the Bangwaketse and their allies.

As it was, Sebetwane’s men slept peacefully as Sebego’s stealthily moved up the steep hillsides to surround the Makololo settlement on the plateau just before dawn. Wrote Bain:

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