Yaƙin Kakamas

An yi yakin Kakamas a Kakamas, lardin Cape arewacin Afirka ta Kudu a ranar 4 ga watan Fabrairun 1915. An yi gumurzu ne don sarrafa mashigin kogi guda biyu a kan kogin Orange tsakanin ruƙunin sojojin Jamus na mamaye da sojojin Afirka ta Kudu. 'Yan Afirka ta Kudu sun yi nasarar hana Jamusawa samun iko da mashigar ruwa da ketare kogin.

 Gabatarwa 
Afirka ta Kudu ta tara sojoji 6,000 a Upington da Kakamas, ƙarƙashin jagorancin Kanar J. van Deventer. Mutanen Van Deventer za su zama ɗaya daga cikin ginshiƙai a cikin shirin mamaye Jamus ta Kudu maso Yammacin Afirka. A wani yunkuri na share fage na Jamus Schutztruppe ƙarƙashin jagorancin Manjo Ritter ya mamaye Afirka ta Kudu. Willcox, A. R. (1986). Great river: the story of the Orange River, Drakensberg Publications, ,  p. 84 Dakarun na Jamus sun haɗa da 'yan bindiga 205 da aka harba, da manyan bindigogi guda huɗu da kuma manyan bindigogi guda huɗu. Rundunar Manjo Ritter ta kai hari a Kakamas a ranar 4 ga watan Fabrairun 1915 a ƙarƙashin fakewar manyan bindigogin Jamus. Jamusawan sun yi nasarar kame wani ƙaramin ma'aikatar tsaron Afirka ta Kudu a cikin jirgin ruwan da ya sauka a gabar kogi. Sojojin Afirka ta Kudu sun yi nasarar sanya kansu a tsakanin ɓangarorin biyu da Manjo Ritter, da suka fahimci cewa an kusa kaiwa Afrika ta Kudu farmaki, ya umarci mutanensa da su janye. Sojojin Afirka ta Kudun dai an bindige su ne daga kogin sannan kuma a gabar arewacin ƙasar sojojin Afirka ta Kudu sun buɗe wuta kan Jamusawan. Dakarun Jamus sun yi luguden wuta kan sojojin Afirka ta Kudu, amma an janye bindigogin bayan da aka kama jami'an tsaron na Jamus. Jamusawa sun yi nasarar ɓallewa daga Afirka ta Kudu da ƙarfe 23:00 kuma suka isa Biesiespoort a ranar 5 ga watan Fabrairun 1915 bayan haka suka ja da baya ta kan iyaka zuwa Jamus ta Kudu maso Yammacin Afirka. An sake kai wasu hare-hare biyu na Jamus a kan iyakar 'yan sandan arewacin Rietfontein amma an dakile waɗannan hare-haren da hasarar rayuka. 

 Yaƙi 
Ritter ya kai hari a Kakamas a ranar 4 ga watan Fabrairun 1915, yana fatan ya kama mashigin ruwan kogin Orange guda biyu ya nufi kudu gaba zuwa Afirka ta Kudu. Wani ƙazamin faɗa ya ɓarke tare da yi wa Jamusawa duka, inda aka yi asarar mutane bakwai da suka mutu, goma sha shida suka jikkata, sannan aka kama goma sha shida.  Olivier, Sandra (2005) Touring in South Africa, 2nd Edition, Struik, . p. 164 Exploring our Provinces: Northern Cape, Volume 8, Jacana Media, . p. 62Reader's Digest illustrated guide to Southern Africa, Reader's Digest Association South Africa (Pty.), ltd. in association with T. V. Bulpin, 1978, p. 183

 Bayan haka 
Bayan yakin, van Deventer ya kira sauran ginshikinsa daga Upington, mai tazarar kilomita 80, ya ketare kogin Orange, ya ci gaba da tafiya sannu a hankali zuwa Afirka ta Kudu.

 Tunawa 
A wajen garin, a makabartar garin, akwai wurin tunawa da sojojin Jamus da aka kashe a yakin. Reader's Digest illustrated guide to southern Africa, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest Association South Africa, 1980, , 

 Duba kuma 

 Yaƙin Keimoes Yuni 1901 lokacin Yaƙin Boer na Biyu
 Rikicin Maritz ko Boer Revolt ya faru a Afirka ta Kudu a cikin 1914 a farkon yakin duniya na daya.

 Kara karantawa 

 "Agter Die Skerms ya sadu da Die Rebelle" na CF McDonald, (1949)
 1. Boer Rebels da Kaiser's Men kuma 2. Kakamas: von Hadeln's reconnaissance section, Die Boervolk van SA, 25 ga Agusta 2009.
 Karl Waldeck: "Gut und Blut für unsern Kaiser", Windhoek 2010,
 Historicus Africanus: "Der 1. Weltkrieg in Deutsch-Südwestafrika 1914/15", Juzu'i na III, "Kämpfe im Süden" (Das Gefecht bei Kakamas), Windhoek 2014, 

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