Yaƙin Centane

Yakin Centane, da kuma yakin Kentani ko na Quintana, an yi shi ne a ranar 7 ga watan Fabrairun 1878 a kusa da Kentani ("Centane") a lardin Cape na Afirka ta Kudu a lokacin yakin Xhosa na tara tsakanin shekarun 1877 zuwa 1879. Dakarun Xhosa da suka haɗa da mayakan Gcalaka da Rharhabe, sun kai hari a wani sansani na Birtaniyya a tsaunukan Centane kuma sun sha kashi sosai.

 Yaƙi 
Rikici ya faru ne 'yan makonni bayan da sojojin Birtaniya Janar Henry Bartle Frere ya jagoranci yakin nasara a kan sojojin Gcaleka, waɗanda suka shiga gwagwarmayar Xhosha a kan 'yan mulkin mallaka na Birtaniya. Sojojin Bartle, ƙarƙashin kwamandan su Veldman Bikitsha, sun yi nasarar yin galaba a kan Gcaleka a ranar 13 ga watan Janairu (kusa da Nyumaxa). Sojojin Masarautar sun taimaka, amma sun gaji, ƙarancin abinci kuma sun ƙasa bin diddigin nasarar.

A safiyar ranar 7 ga watan Fabrairun 1878 haɗaɗɗiyar dakarun Gcalaka 1,500 da Rharhabe sun kai hari sansanin Birtaniya kusa da Centane (Kentani)  a kokarin tabbatar da abinci da harsasai. Sojojin Imperial da suka ƙunshi kimanin sojojin Birtaniya 400, galibi na 67th Regiment of Foot of the Durham Light Infantry, wanda Kyaftin Russell Upcher ya ba da umarni sun sami goyon bayan kimanin 560 Fengu warriors da kuma na gida Frontier Light Horse mayakan,  wanda ya yi yaƙi mafi yawan marasa doki, jagorancin F. Carrington.  Da kyar aka dakile wani harin da ya biyo baya, amma da yawa daga cikin 'yan Birtaniyya sun sami damar kare muƙaman nasu da rashin asara.

Kimanin mayakan Gcalaka 300 da Rharhabe ne aka kashe saboda asarar sojojin Burtaniya biyu kacal da mayakan Mfengu 8.

 Duba kuma 

 Xhosa Wars

 Littattafai 



 Philip Gon, The Last Frontier War. The South African Military History Society, Military History Journal, Vol. 5, No 6, December 1982. Online 

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