from 1801 to 1807, koya fought a war with british colonists and the susu. koya lost the northern shoreline of sierra leone to the british and port loko to the susu. however, they remained a power in the region. in 1815, the temne fought another war with the susu and regained the port. in 1841, the temne defeated the loko tribe of kasona on the mabaole river dispersing many of the people. in response to a british bombardment, the kingdom expelled the church missionary society missionaries operating at magbela in 1860.