Yaƙin Hartbeesfontein

Yakin Hartbeesfontein, ya kasance wurin da aka gwabza ƙazamin faɗa a lokacin yakin Boer na biyu wanda ya faru a ranar 17 ga watan Fabrairu, 1901.

 Abubuwan da suka faru 

 Tarihi 

A farkon watan Fabrairun 1901 Lord Methuen ya yi doguwar tafiya a yankin Transvaal na Kudu maso Yamma yana tafiya zuwa Klerksdorp. A kan hanyarsa ne sojojin Methuen suka kaimar wani hari a ranar 16 ga watan Fabrairun 1901, ruƙunin Lord Methuen, bayan ya zaɓi wata hanya ta daban ta ƙasar tuddai, sojojin Boer sun yi karo da su a Hartbeesfontein. 

 Yaƙi

Babu alamar Boers har sai da Imperial Yeomanry ya ci gaba. Ruƙunin da Kyaftin Poison ya jagoranta, sun sauko da 500 sun yi taho mu gama da garin, lokacin da sojojin Boer suka yi karo da sojojin Boer kimanin mutane 1,500, wanda ya ninka adadinsu. Boer Mausers ne ya harbe su - Yeomanry sun ja da baya don neman mafaka.  Methuen yayi ƙoƙari ya ɗauki matsayin hagu amma bataliyar ta 5 Yeomanry Shropshire, Worcestershire da Northumberland ba za su iya samun wuce gona da iri ba saboda gobarar bindigar Boer. 

Tun daga wayewar gari zuwa karfe 10 na dare ɓangarorin biyu sun yi musayar wuta a lokacin da Methuen ya umarci kamfanoni biyu na ayarin motocin gadin Major Murray da su mamaye wani muhimmin matsayi.  Sojojin Birtaniyya sun fara aiki kuma suka harba wuraren Boer yayin da aka kawar da matsin lamba daga Yeomanry ta hanyar ci gaban sojojin da ke goyon bayan Bataliya ta 5, Imperial Yeomanry. A halin da ake ciki dai bataliya ta 10 da ke samun taimakon sojojin Australiya a hannun dama, sun yi nasarar afkawa ɗaya daga cikin kujerun amma suna cikin hatsarin harba su a ɓangaren hagu.  Sai dai ta 5 ta kaddamar da hari tare da haɗewa da bataliya ta 10, duk da turjiya mai tsanani, sun yi nasarar juya mukaman Boer wanda suka ja da baya. 

 Bayan haka

Jimillar waɗanda suka mutu a Burtaniya sun mutu goma sha shida da raunata talatin da biyu; daga cikin waɗannan mambobin ƙungiyar Yeomanry bakwai an kashe su ko kuma sun mutu sakamakon raunuka.  Asarar Ostireliya goma sun ji rauni. "Frederick Wollaston Mann". Boer War Nominal Roll. Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 2008-09-05. Asarar Boer ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar mutane goma sha takwas sannan ba a san adadinsu ba. Bayan da Birtaniyya ta samu izinin wucewa ta kuma kama wadatattun kayayyaki na Boer da hatsi. Sojojin Methuen sun shiga Klerksdorp a washegari kuma daga baya ya ci gaba da tafiya Pretoria. 

 Sanannun mahalarta

 Sir Frederick Mann - daga baya Laftanar Gwamnan Victoria ya ji rauni a lokacin yakin kuma ya ba Sarauniyar Afirka ta Kudu Medal.

 Manazarta 

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