Siege of Marabastad

Kewaye Marabastad ya kasance kewaye  Fort Marabastad, a yau Limpopo, Afirka ta Kudu, wanda Boer Republic of Transvaal ta yi, wanda ya fara a ranar 11 ga watan Janairu 1881, kuma ya ƙare tare da miƙa wuya na Birtaniya a ranar 2 ga watan Afrilu 1881.  Ya faru ne a lokacin Yaƙin Boer na Farko, lokacin da sojojin Boer suka kewaye wasu sansanonin Birtaniyya a duk faɗin ƙasar.

 Tarihi 
A farkon shekara ta 1880, sojojin Birtaniya a Transvaal sun yanke shawarar gina katanga a ƙauyen, saboda nisa daga sauran garu na Afirka ta Kudu na Burtaniya, tare da kasancewa  daga Pretoria. Marabastad da gundumar Zoutpansberg suna da yawan jama'a 300,000-400,000, tare da ƙarin 175,000 a Waterberg. Ana buƙatar kagara don sarrafa ɗimbin al'ummar ƙasar.  A cikin watan Fabrairun 1880, runduna biyu na runduna ta 94, ƙarƙashin Kyaftin Campbell, sun isa Marabastad, sojojin Burtaniya na farko da suka isa wannan yanki na Afirka ta Kudu.  A cikin watanni uku, an gina katangar.

A ranar 29 ga watan Nuwamba 1880, an umurci Kyaftin Campbell da ya yi tattaki zuwa Pretoria. Tare da wani kamfani na maza 60, Campbell ya tafi birnin, ya bar kamfani na maza 60 a Marabastad.  Campbell ya bar Kyaftin ES Brooks a matsayin umarni, tare da Lieutenant FGW Jones da Likita Harding, AMD

 Shirye-shirye na wurin 
Bayan shan kashin da Birtaniyya ta yi a Bronkhorstspruit a ranar 20 ga watan Disamba, Laftanar Jones ya karɓi umarni don shiryawa kewayewa. Nan take Captain Brook ya fara shiri. Ya faɗaɗa umarninsa, inda ya ɗauki masu aikin sa kai 30 na Ingilishi. 'Yan asalin Afirka ta Kudu 50 ne suka shiga tare da su daga 'yan sanda na Transvaal Mounted, wanda Kyaftin Thompson da Laftanar Gleniston suka jagoranta, waɗanda suka yi tattaki mil arba'in kudu daga Wood-Bush.

A watan Disamba, an haƙa rami mai faɗin murabba'in 25 a kewayen katangar. An ajiye kayan abinci da alburusai tare da kwace masara daga hannun 'yan ƙasar.

 Kewayewa 
A cikin watan Janairu, Boers sun kusanci Marabastad. An raba su zuwa laagers biyu - ɗaya a Sand Spruit kuma ɗaya a gonar Botha. A ranar 11 ga watan Janairu, Kwamandan Barend Vorster ya buƙaci Kyaftin Brook da ya daina shan masara daga ƙauyen, ya fara yaƙin. A ranar 19 ga watan Janairu, an tura wani sintiri na Birtaniyya na 'yan sanda 15 na Transvaal Mounted ƙarƙashin Thompson da masu sa kai goma don lekawa Boers a Sand Spruit. An kai musu hari ba zato ba tsammani tare da fatattakar su daga wani babban runduna, wanda ya yi sanadin mutuwar ɗan sanda ɗaya da jikkata biyu, tare da wasu masu aikin sa kai guda biyu. ‘Yan Boers sun kuma jikkata wasu mazaje. Da sauri ‘yan sintiri suka ja da baya zuwa kagara, inda aka kai ‘yan sandan biyu fursuna. Bayan wannan alkawari, Vrster ya buƙaci Kyaftin Brook ya miƙa wuya, amma kuma ya gaya wa Brook cewa ba zai kai hari ga Birtaniya ba matukar ba a sake yin bincike ba.

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