Yaƙin Vaal Krantz
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| Iri | faɗa | |||
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| Bangare na |
Second Boer War (en)  | |||
| Kwanan watan | 5 – 7 ga Faburairu, 1900 | |||
| Wuri |
Afirka ta kudu, KwaZulu-Natal (en) | |||
| Ƙasa | Afirka ta kudu | |||
| Participant (en) | ||||
Yakin Vaal Krantz (Afrikaans: Slag van Vaalkrans, 5 - 7 ga watan Fabrairun shekarar 1900) shine karo na uku da sojojin Birtaniyya na Janar Redvers Buller suka kasa yi don yaki a hanyarsu ta wuce sojojin Louis Botha na Boer waɗanda basu bi ka'ida ba tare da ɗauke kewaye Ladysmith. Yakin ya faru ne a lokacin yakin Boer na biyu.[1]
Tarihi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A cikin ƙoƙari na farko da na biyu na kawar da Ladysmith, sojojin Buller sun ci nasara da Botha da sojojinsa na Boer a yakin Colenso da Spion Kop. Waɗanda suka mutu da masu rauni a Birtaniya ya ƙaru zuwa maza 3,000, yayin da Boers suka rasa 'yan ɗari kawai.[2]
Yaƙi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Vaal Krantz (Vaalkrans) wani tudu ne na kopjes (ƙananan tsaunuka) mai nisan mil gabas da Spion Kop. Buller ya yi ƙoƙarin tilasta wata gada ta ratsa kogin Tugela tare da Brigade Brigade da Durham Light Infantry (Division 2) fitattu a cikin sojojinsa.[3] Bayan kwana uku ana gwabzawa, Janar na Burtaniya ya gano cewa matsayinsa ya yi tauri ta yadda babu inda za a iya jan manyan bindigoginsa sama don tallafawa hare-haren sojojin Birtaniyya. Buller ya kira majalisar yaki kuma, "Dukkan sojojinsa sun yarda cewa babu wani abu a gare shi face gwada sabon ƙoƙari a wani wuri." Pakenham kuma ya rubuta cewa Birtaniya sun sha wahala mutane 333 sun samu raunuka,[4] amma Symonds ya sanya mutanen da suka mutu a Birtaniya a 30 da suka mutu da 350 da suka ji rauni tare da waɗanda suka ji raunin na Boers sun mutu 30 kuma 50 sun ji rauni.[5] Vaal Krantz ƙaramin shan kashi ne.[1] A ranar 14 ga watan Fabrairu tare da yakin Tugela Heights, Buller ya ƙaddamar da ƙoƙarinsa na huɗu a Relief of Ladysmith kuma a ƙarshe ya yi nasara.[6]
Kara karantawa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- Pakenham, Thomas. Yakin Boer. New York: Littafin Avon, 1979. ISBN 0380-72001-9
Hotuna
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Shugaba MT Steyn a cikin 'yan kasarsa kafin yakin Vaalkrans, farkon Fabrairu 1900.
Bindigogin sojojin ruwa na Burtaniya suna aiki a yakin Vaal Krantz.
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- 1 2 Symons, Julian (1963). Buller's Campaign. The Cresset Press. p. 257.
- ↑ Symons, Julian (1963). Buller's Campaign. The Cresset Press. p. 257.
- ↑ Symons, Julian (1963). Buller's Campaign. The Cresset Press. p. 257.
- ↑ Pakenham, p 361
- ↑ Pakenham, p 322
- ↑ Symons, Julian (1963). Buller's Campaign. The Cresset Press. p. 257.