Siege of Igueriben

Siege of Igueriben

Iri	siege (en)
Bangare na	Yakin Rif
Kwanan watan	17 –  22 ga Yuli, 1921
← Battle of Abarrán (en) Battle of Annual (en) →
Wuri	Ighriben (en)

Sifen Igueriben ya kasance wani rikici ne tsakanin ƙabilun Rif na Abd el-Krim da sojojin Spain, daga ranar 16 zuwa 21 ga watan Yuli, 1921, a sansanin Spain na Igueriben inda sojojin Abd el-Krim suka yi musu ƙawanya. Faɗan dai ya ƙare ne da samun nasarar dakarun Abd el-Krim. Sun shafe tawagar Spaniya.

Tarihi

A lokacin yakin Rif, babban ɗan ƙasar Spain, Manuel Fernández Silvestre, yana aiki a yankin gabas na 'yan mulkin mallaka na Spain a Rif. Tsaunukan Rif da ƙabilun su ne suka mamaye yankin, wanda hakan ya kawo cikas ga dakarun Silvestre. Ranar 21 ga watan Janairu, 1921, Spaniya sun ɗauki Shekara-shekara a matsayin tushe. Ba duk ƙabilun Riffian ne suka miƙa wuya ga 'yan mulkin mallaka na Spain ba. Abd el-Krim da ɗan'uwansa sun ƙuduri niyyar dakatar da tsarin mulkin mallaka.

A ƙarshen watan Mayu, sojojin Riffian sun kai hari a sansanin Abarrán, inda suka kama. Ƙaramin shan kashi zai biyo baya tare da ɓarna a kowace shekara.

Siege

Abin tunawa ga Kwamandan Benitez da Heroes na Igueriben

An kai hari sansanin na Spain na gaba a Igueriben a ranar 16 ga watan Yuli. Ya kasance mil uku daga Shekara-shekara inda aka kewaye shi da sauri kuma an yanke shi daga Shekara-shekara. Kwamandan sansanin shi ne Manjo Julio Benitez. Kariyar ba ta da ƙarfi kuma ba ta cika ba, amma Manjo ya ƙi mika wuya, ya gwammace ya mutu maimakon haka. An aika da saƙon daga Janar Navarro, mai ba da umarni na biyu zuwa Silvestre, yana ƙarfafa yaƙin garrison. Mutanensa sun yi yaƙi sosai, amma ruwan ruwansu yana da nisa mil uku daga Shekara-shekara. A yayin da ake ci gaba da gwabza faɗa, da zafin da ya kama sojojin, an tilasta musu shan ruwan 'ya'yan itace da aka yi amfani da su na pimiento da tin tumatir, sai vinegar, cologne, da tawada, kuma a ƙarshe har da fitsari da sukari a ciki. A kowace shekara, sun aika da ginshiƙi na agaji wanda suka isa kusa da tushe inda dakarun suka gani. Duk da haka, hanyar samun tushe kawai ita ce ta wani kwazazzabo mai zurfi wanda Riffian ke kare shi sosai. Bindigogi da manyan bindigogi sun fatattake su, kuma ginshiƙin agaji sun ja da baya bayan an kashe 152. An kama Igueriben a ƙarshen, kuma an kashe Benitez tare da yawancin mutanensa. Maza 25 ne kawai cikin 300 suka tsira wanda daga baya suka isa sansanin a kowace shekara.

Sources

• José E. Álvarez (2001), The Betrothed of Mutuwa, Ƙungiyar Ƙasashen Waje ta Spain A Lokacin Rif Rebellion, 1920-1927. [2]
• Juan Carlos Lopez Sanz (2017), 1921 Lágrimas en los ojos del Rif. [3]
• David S. Woolman (1968), 'Yan tawaye a cikin Rif: Abd El Krim da Rif Rebellion. [4]