Yaƙin Rhenosterkop

Yaƙin Rhenosterkop (wanda kuma aka sani da Yaƙin Renosterkop) ya faru ne a ranar 29 ga watan Nuwamba, 1900, lokacin Yaƙin Boer na Biyu. Birtaniya, ƙarƙashin jagorancin Arthur Paget, ya kaddamar da hari a kan matsayin Viljoen a Renosterkop, wanda ya ƙunshi hare-haren farko guda uku. Duk harin ya ci tura, inda Boers suka dakile harin, duk da haka sun ja da baya da daddare saboda ƙarancin kayayyaki.

 Gabatarwa 
Birtaniya, na ɗan lokaci, suna neman kawar da Commando ƙarƙashin jagorancin Ben Viljoen, wanda ke aiki a arewa maso gabashin Pretoria. An shafe kwanaki da yawa ana gwabza faɗa tsakanin kwamandojin Viljoen da sojojin Birtaniyya a yankin, bayan haka, Viljoen ya tona kansa a wani wuri na tsaro mai nisan kilomita 30 daga arewacin Bronkhorstspruit, a Rhenosterkop.

A ranar 27 ga watan Nuwamba, an sanar da Viljoen cewa an aika da wani babban runduna na sojojin Burtaniya don su same shi su yi yaƙi da shi. Ya aika da wata ƙungiya ta leƙen asiri daga muƙamansa don tattara bayanan sirri game da sojojin Biritaniya da motsinsu, yayin da mutanensa suka haƙa a gaba mai nisan kilomita 5, tare da ramuka da kagara. Maza 500 ne kawai, Maxim Nordenfeldt 15-pounder da kuma Krupp cannon.

A wannan rana, ƙungiyar leken asirin ta yi tuntuɓar sojojin Biritaniya da ke gaba, kuma suka ja da baya zuwa wuraren da suke na tsaro. Ranar 28 ga watan Nuwamba, Birtaniya, da yake da ra'ayin inda Viljoen yake, ya buɗe wuta a kan matsayinsa da bindigogi a yawancin rana.

 Yaƙi 
A ranar 29 ga watan Nuwamba, Arthur Paget ya kaddamar da harin gaba. An fara ne da wani hari na sojoji a gefen hagu na Viljoen amma Boers sun buge shi da cikakken bindiga da buɗe masa wuta daga Maxim Nordenfeldt. Harin na biyu ya kasance a tsakiyar cibiyar tsaro, amma Boers sun sake buge Birtaniya. 

Harin na uku kuma ya kasance kan tsakiyar gaba, wannan lokacin ya fi zuwa dama inda Viljoen da kansa ke jira. Har ila yau an dakile harin tare da hasarar rayuka a ɓangaren Birtaniya. Sojojin Burtaniya sun koma baya don ci gaba washegari. Sai dai sojojin Boer sun janye da daddare saboda sun kare da harsashi da sauran kayayyaki. 

 Bayan haka 
Ƙasar Ingila ta sami raunuka 87 (73 sun ji rauni, 14 sun mutu) , yayin da Boers kawai suka ɗauki 26 (24 sun ji rauni, 2 matattu).[ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">abubuwan da ake bukata</span> ]

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