Yaƙin Kraaipan

Yaƙin Kraaipan shi ne karo na farko na yaƙin Anglo-Boer na biyu, wanda aka yi yaƙi a Kraaipan, Afirka ta Kudu a ranar 12 ga watan Oktoba 1899.

A ranar 11 ga watan Oktoban 1899 Shugaba Paul Kruger na Jamhuriyar Afirka ta Kudu tare da kawancen 'yan ta'addar Orange ya ayyana yaki a kan Birtaniya. A wannan daren 800 maza na Potchefstroom da Lichtenburg Commandos"The First Shots of the War – 12 October 1899"  by Elria Wessels in KEUR, 2 October 1998.  ƙarƙashin Janar Koos de la Rey (ɗaya daga cikin janar-janar na Janar Piet Cronjé) sun kai hari tare da kama sojojin Birtaniyya da shingen layin dogo a Kraaipan tsakanin Vryburg da Mafeking, kimanin  kudu maso yamma na Mafeking. Haka aka fara yakin Anglo-Boer na biyu. A ƙarƙashin umarnin Cronjé an yanke layin dogo na Mafeking da na telegraph a rana guda."The First Shots of the War – 12 October 1899"  by Elria Wessels in KEUR, 2 October 1998.

Jirgin ƙasa mai sulke , "Mosquito", ɗauke da igwa guda biyu, , bindigu, alburusai da kayayyaki ya kauce hanya kuma bayan an shafe sa'o'i biyar ana gwabzawa turawan Ingila sun miƙa wuya da safe. An kwashe bindigogi, bindigogi, alburusai, kayayyaki da fursunoni. Sojojin Boer sun gano harsashi na Burtaniya Mark IV (wanda aka fi sani da dumdum) a cikin jirgin."Boer War" from History-net.com. 

Wannan lamarin ya sanya De la Rey ya shahara, amma ya tsananta rikice-rikicensa tare da Cronjé mai hankali da rashin tunani, wanda ya aika shi don toshe ci gaban sojojin Burtaniya da ke motsawa don kawar da Siege na Kimberley a arewa maso gabashin Cape Colony."Boer War" from History-net.com.

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