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Yaƙin Graspan

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 29°18′00″S 24°29′00″E / 29.3°S 24.4833°E / -29.3; 24.4833
Iri faɗa
Bangare na Second Boer War (en) Fassara
Kwanan watan 25 Nuwamba, 1899
Ƙasa Afirka ta kudu

Yaƙin Graspan, wanda kuma aka sani da Yaƙin Enslin, ya kasance haɗin gwiwa ne a Yaƙin Boer na Biyu kusa da tashar jirgin ƙasa ta Enslin a Graspan kopje. An yi yakin ne a ranar 25 ga watan Nuwamba, 1899, tsakanin sojojin Birtaniya ƙarƙashin jagorancin Lord Methuen da Boers karkashin jagorancin Koos de la Rey.

Bayan Yaƙin Belmont, Ƙarfin Lord Methuen ya haɓaka hanyar jirgin ƙasa a cikin jiragen ƙasa masu sulke. A ranar 24 ga watan Nuwamba, an harba jirgin ƙasan da bindigogin Boer a tsaunin da ke kusa da shi, wanda ya kawar da shi. Daga nan Methuen ya yanke shawarar shiga Boers don ci gaba da ci gaba, tare da kai hari a rana mai zuwa. [1]

Da safiyar ranar 25 ga watan Nuwamba, Brigade ta 9 ta nufi arewa zuwa Graspan kopje. Boer pom-pom ya fara harbi kan ci gaban Burtaniya, tare da bindigogin Krupp 75mm guda huɗu. Gobarar ta kashe 'yan Burtaniya 5 na yau da kullum da dawakai biyu, a martanin da Birtaniyya ta harba bindigoginsu na ruwa mai inci 12, [2] cikin sauri ta rufe Boers. Bayan haɗin kai da manyan bindigogi, Methuen ya zana Coldstreams, Scots, da Grenadiers don ci gaba daga Belmont zuwa Graspan.

Taswirar yaƙin

Da misalin karfe 7 na safe, Brigade na Guards, tare da Northamptonshires da Northumberland Fusiliers, sun haura layin dogo zuwa kopje. Brigade na Naval wanda ya ƙunshi ma'aikatan ruwa daga HMS Doris, HMS Terrible, HMS Powerful, da kuma bataliyar Royal Marines, sun halarta.

Yayin da aka fara yaƙin, an tsare Brigade na Guards a ajiye a baya, yayin da suke cikin yaƙin Belmont kwanaki biyu kacal da suka wuce. An kawo 'yan fusiliers da rundunonin sojoji masu haske an aika su kai farmaki kan Matsayin Boer.

Brigade na Naval ya ci gaba zuwa wuraren Boer, fallasa. Ba kamar takwarorinsu na sojojin ba, waɗannan sojojin ba su saba da salon yaƙin da sojojin da suka saba fuskanta ba. Don haka, rundunar sojojin ruwa ta samu hasarar rayuka da dama saboda rashin kwarewa.

Yayin da suke ci gaba zuwa wuraren Boer, Birtaniya sun buɗe wuta a kan wuraren Boer a ƙarƙashin murfin ciyawa da duwatsu. [3] Turawan ingila ne suka ci gaba da zage-zage har suka isa tudu. Wutar bindigar Boer ta yi nasarar kama wasu daga cikin 'yan Burtaniya, amma ta ƙasa dakatar da ci gaba. Daga ƙarshe masu gadin sun isa gindin tsaunin, kuma suka caje Boer matsayi. Wasu Boers, da suka ga zargin Birtaniya, sun ja da baya daga tudun. Wasu sun tsaya a baya, suna riƙe da Birtaniya muddin zai yiwu. Daga karshe turawan ingila sun kewaye wannan matsayi kuma sun yi nasarar kutsawa cikin ramuka, wanda hakan ya sa suka koma kogin Modder. [3]

Tsarin yaƙi

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Sojojin Burtaniya

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Kashi na daya Laftanar-Janar Lord Paul Sanford Methuen GCB, GCMG, GCVO
Rukunin Sojojin
9th Lancers Rundunar sojojin ruwa:
Batirin Filin Na 18, Makarantun Sarauta Brigade na jirgin ruwa daga HMS Doris
Kamfanin Filin na 7, Injiniyoyi na Sarauta Brigade na jirgin ruwa daga HMS Terrible
Tushen Harsashi Brigade na jirgin ruwa daga HMS Powerful
Batirin Filin Na 75, Makarantun Sarauta Royal Marines[4]
Rundunar Sojan Sama
Sojojin Sojojin [3]
1st (Masu gadi) Brigade : Manjo-Janar Henry Edward Coleville Brigade na 9 : Manjo-Janar Charles Whittingham Douglas
Bataliya ta 3, Grenadier Guards Battalion 1st Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion 1st, Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Bataliya ta 2, Coldstream Guards Bataliya ta 2 Northamptonshire Regiment
Bataliya ta 1, Guards na Scots 2nd Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
No 18 Kamfanin Bearer 2nd Regiment na Manchester
No 19 Company Army Service Corps 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers
New South Wales Lancers

Sojojin Boer

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Commandos karkashin kwamandan Janar Koos de la Rey
Jacobsdal Commando (1500)
Sashen Makamai na Jihar Transvaal . (4x 7.5 cm Krupp Gun da 2x QF 1 pom-pom bindigogi)

Bayan yakin, sojojin Lord Methuen sun ci gaba da hawan hanyar jirgin ƙasa zuwa Kimberley. Daga ƙarshe a ranar 28 ga watan Nuwamba, sojojinsa za su shiga tare da sojojin Boer mafi girma a yakin Modder River. Methuen zai yi nasara, amma ya sami raunuka da yawa. Za a dakatar da ci gaban Metheun, duk da haka, bayan mummunan shan kashi a yakin Magersfontein. Za a gina wani abin tunawa a cikin shekarar 1903, kuma an sadaukar da shi ga Royal Marines, mai suna bayan wannan yakin. [5]

  1. "RMA HIGHLANDS". rma-highlands.org.uk (in Turanci). Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  2. "South African Military History Society – Journal – OFS Artillery at Graspan". samilitaryhistory.org. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  3. 1 2 3 "Battles of Graspan (also known as Enslin)". www.britishbattles.com. Retrieved 2023-11-15. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content
  4. German General Staff (1998), Vol II, p. 238
  5. Biggs, Simon (2019-11-25). "The Battle of Graspan 1899". RoyalMarinesHistory (in Turanci). Retrieved 2024-02-02.