Yaƙin Tweebosch

A yakin Tweebosch ko De Klipdrift a ranar 7 ga watan Maris 1902, wani kwamandan Boer ƙarƙashin jagorancin Koos de la Rey ya ci nasara a kan wani ruƙunin Birtaniya karkashin jagorancin Laftanar Janar Lord Methuen a cikin watanni na karshe na yakin Boer na biyu.

 Tarihi 
Domin kama 'yan tawaye Boer a cikin Orange Free State, Lord Kitchener ya gina layukan katangar gidajen da ke da alaƙa da wayoyi. Amma babu isasshen ruwa a cikin Western Transvaal don yin amfani da tsarin blockhouse. Maimakon haka, ya buɗe ginshiƙai tara don farautar De la Rey da sauran kwamandojin Boer a yankin. A ranar 24 ga watan Fabrairun 1902, De la Rey ya taka ayarin motocin karu da Laftanar Kanar SB Von Donop ya umarta. Don asarar Boers 51, De la Rey ya kashe, rauni ko kama jami'ai 12 da maza 369.Pakenham, p. 583  A mayar da martani, Methuen ya yi ƙoƙarin bin diddigin shugaban Boer.

 Yaƙi 
Kasa da makonni biyu bayan haka, De la Rey ya yi wa ginshikin Methuen kwanton ɓauna a Tweebosch akan Kogin Little Harts. Sojojin Burtaniya sun kai 1250, ciki har da mutane kusan 1000 da aka ɗorawa nauyi da bindigogi huɗu. Sojojin Methuen sun kunshi koren sojoji; waɗannan suka firgita suka gudu ko suka miƙa wuya. Turawan Ingila ne kawai a cikin ginshiƙi suka yi yaƙi da taurin kai a yaƙin wanda ya kasance tun daga wayewar gari har zuwa 9:30 na safe. Birtaniya ta yi asarar rayuka 200 da raunata, tare da maza 600 da dukkan bindigogi huɗu da aka kama. Bayan da aka ji masa rauni sau biyu kuma ya samu karyewar kafa a lokacin da dokinsa ya faɗo masa, an kama Methuen.Evans, p. 155  Shi kaɗai ne Janar ɗin da Boers suka kama a lokacin yakin.Pakenham, p. 583

 Bayan haka 
De la Rey ya aika Methuen da ya ji rauni zuwa asibitin Biritaniya a cikin motarsa a ƙarƙashin tutar sulhu, duk da buƙatar da sojojinsa suka yi na a kashe shi. Kotun Boers ta yi watsi da De la Rey don 'yantar da irin wannan fursuna mai daraja, amma bayan da ya shawo kan kotun cewa Methuen zai janye daga yakin, an bar shi.

Da jin labarin bala'in, wani Kitchener da ya girgiza sosai ya yi ritaya zuwa ɗakin kwana na kwana biyu kuma ya ƙi ci. Da yake dawo da yanayinsa, ya ba da umarnin ƙarfafa ƙarfin da aka aika zuwa yammacin Tranvaal kuma ya naɗa Colonel Ian Hamilton don daidaita kokarin Birtaniya. A ranar 11 ga watan Afrilu, ɗaya daga cikin ginshiƙan Hamilton ya doke Boers a Yaƙin Rooiwal.Miller, p. 227

Rashin nasara a Tweebosch yana da sakamako mai yawa. Baya ga waɗanda aka kashe 68, 121 suka jikkata da 205 aka kama (ciki har da janar), an kuma ɗauki bindigogi 6 kuma an kashe babbar rundunar Burtaniya a Yammacin Transvaal. An yi tambayoyi a majalisar dokoki kan dalilin da ya sa ba a sake kiran Methuen ba bayan shan kayen da ya yi a Magersfontein.  A gefen Boer, akwai jin cewa za a iya samun kyakkyawan ƙarshen yakin.

Metheun ya tsere tare da ci gaba da aikinsa, tare da Ofishin Yaki da Kitchener sun ɗauki nauyin sukar samar masa da sojoji.  A ranar 9 ga watan Afrilu, tawagogin Boer da Birtaniyya sun yi taro don tattauna batun miƙa wuya, wanda aka sanya hannu a ranar 31 ga watan Mayu.Miller, p. 227

 Bayanan da aka ambata 

 [Inda Aka Ɗauko Hoto da ke shafi na 9] Yaƙin Boer: Afirka ta Kudu 1899-1902. [Hasiya]  

 [Inda Aka Ɗauko Hoto da ke shafi na 9] Yaƙin Boer. New York: Littattafan Avon, 1979.  ISBN 0-380-72001-9 

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