Yaƙin Safsaf

An yi yakin Safsaf a watan Yulin 1913 tsakanin Masarautar Italiya da sojojin Senussi a wani wuri kusa da Safsaf, Libya a Libya ta zamani. Senussi ya yi nasarar fatattakar sojojin Italiya biyu.

 Yaƙi 
A ranar 1 ga watan Yuli, 1913, wani kamfani na injiniyoyin gine-gine tare da rakiyar sojojin Italiya na mayaƙa da manyan bindigogi sun bar sansaninsu a Cyrene don ayyukan gine-gine don tabbatar da layin sadarwa na Italiya tsakanin sansanonin Italiya da kuma shirya kai hari kan sansanonin Senussis. Ba'a daɗe ba sai ga sojojin Italiya da suke tattaki zuwa Faydiya, suka afkawa ƙasar Libya. Ɓangarorin biyu sun fara musayar wuta, kuma shugaban Italiya, Manjo Pelli, ya ba da umarnin ja da baya. Sai dai kuma 'yan ƙasar Libya sun kewaye sojojin Italiya, inda suka lalata su tare da shugabansu, wanda ya taimaka wajen rugujewarsu. Yakin ya faru ne da tsakar rana.Kalifa Tillisi, p. 337 

Labari ya kai ga Cyrene, kuma suka fara aika ƙarfafawa da ƙarfe 6:00 na yamma Da sanin haka, Senussis suka yi watsi da harin da suka kai wa tsohuwar rundunar, suka fara tafiya zuwa ga sabuwar rundunar; sun kai wa ɓangaren dama hari. Daga nan sai shugaban na Italiya ya ba da umarnin janyewa zuwa wuraren harbin bindigogi, amma hakan bai faru ba sai bayan mutuwar Manjo Meliaci da mataimakinsa; An bar Italiya ba tare da jagora ba kuma suka janye zuwa Safsaf, inda yakin ya kasance a tsakiya.Kalifa Tillisi, p. 337 

Italiyawa sun yi kira da a taimaka musu daga sansanonin su a Shaghab. Janar ɗin Italiya Giulio Cesare Tassoni ya shirya wani gagarumin runduna, amma sai aka tilasta musu tsayawa a lokacin tattakinsu da daddare, kuma da gari ya waye suka tarar da yankin gaba ɗaya babu Senussi da aka gani. Senussi yana da maza 300 ne kawai a lokacin yaƙin, amma suna da kyakkyawar tarbiyya. A cewar rahotanni Italiya, an kashe jami'ai 8 da raunata 5, an kashe 30 da kuma 105 da suka samu raunuka, sannan 64 sun ɓace waɗanda ake zaton sun mutu.Kalifa Tillisi, p. 337-8

 Adabi 

 Kalifa Tillisi, Kamus na Yaƙe-yaƙe na Mulkin Italiya a Ƙasar Libiya 1911-31, 1972. 

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