Yaƙin Rooihuiskraal

Yaƙin Rooihuiskraal

25°54′S 28°09′E
Iri	faɗa
Bangare na	First Boer War (en)
Kwanan watan	12 ga Faburairu, 1881
Wuri	Centurion (en)

Yaƙin Rooihuiskraal a ranar 12 ga watan Fabrairun 1881 yaƙin soji ne a lokacin Yaƙin Boer na Farko wanda ya gudana a Rooihuiskraal kusa da Pretoria.

Tarihi

Dakarun Pretoria na Burtaniya ƙarƙashin jagorancin Lt-Col George Frederick Gildea sun fice daga wuraren da suka yi wa ƙawanya a Pretoria domin shiga rundunar Janar George Pomeroy Colley a Natal. Boers ƙarƙashin jagorancin DJ Erasmus Jr sun samu iska na yunkurin Birtaniyya na tserewa daga Pretoria, kuma suka jike kansu a bayan wani katangar dutse da ke kewaye da tarin dabbobi a Rooihuiskraal.

Yaƙi

Sojojin Birtaniya sun isa Rooihuiskraal a ranar 12 ga watan Fabrairu 1881 kuma nan da nan sojojin Boer suka yi musu luguden wuta. A cikin ruɗanin da ya biyo baya a cikin layin Burtaniya, Lt-Col Gildea ya miƙe tsaye a cikin muryoyinsa yayin da yake kan doki don ƙarfafawa da tattara sojojinsa, lokacin da harsashi Boer ya buge shi a gindi. An tilastawa Burtaniya ja da baya zuwa matsayinsu na baya a Pretoria.

An kashe sojan Biritaniya guda daya a lokacin yakin kuma an jikkata wasu 15 (ciki har da Lt-Col George Frederick Gildea). Ba a san adadin waɗanda suka mutu a ɓangaren Boer ba.

Bayan haka

Yunkurin da Birtaniyya ta yi a Rooihuiskraal ya yi tasiri a kan sauran sojojin. Rundunar Pretoria Garrison ta ƙasa haɗuwa da sojojin Janar George Pomeroy Colley a Natal da kuma bayan yakin Tudun Majuba a ranar 27 ga watan Fabrairu, inda aka kashe Janar Colley, yakin Boer na farko ya zo karshe. An ayyana ajiyar dabbobi a Rooihuiskraal a matsayin abin tunawa na ƙasa.