Colo Wars
| Colo Wars | |||||||
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Three Kai Colo men in 1873 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Kingdom of Fiji British Empire | Kai Colo people | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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The Little War: Arthur Hamilton Gordon Louis Knollys Ratu Luke Nakulanikoro |
The Little War: Mudu, chief of Naicobocobo Nabisiki, chief of Driodrio | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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The Little War: 2,000 soldiers, mostly natives |
The Little War: ≥1,200 | ||||||
The Colo Wars (Colo pronounced /ˈθoʊloʊ/) were a pair of wars fought in the interior of the Kingdom of Fiji and later Colonial Fiji between authorities and the Kai Colo in the 1870s. The violence occurred in two waves: one comprised a punitive expedition and related violence in 1871 and 1873 against the Kai Colo for murdering two planters, and the second in 1876 comprised a war called the Little War or The Church War (Fijian: Na Valu ni Lotu) fought in response to growing British control of the Viti Levu interior.