<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UThesiger wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngumphathi-jikelele ngoMashi 1877, waqokwa ukuba ahole amabutho aseBrithani eCape Colony ngesikhundla sendawo sika-lieutenant general ngoFebhuwari 1878, kwathi ngo-Okthoba walandela uyise njengo- 2nd Baron Chelmsford. Waletha iMpi Yomngcele Wesishiyagalolunye yaseKapa  <response>: ukuze kuqedwe ngoJulayi 1878, futhi wenziwa Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath ngoNovemba 1878. Okuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe ekulweni namaXhosa kwakha umbono ophansi wamandla okulwa amasosha ase-Afrika, okwathi kamuva kwaholela emiphumeleni eyinhlekelele phakathi neMpi YamaNgisi namaZulu. 