Yaƙin Helvetia

Yakin Helvetia wani shiga ne a yakin Boer na biyu wanda Boer da sojojin Birtaniya suka yi a ranar 29 ga watan Disamba 1900 a Helvetia 10. km arewa da Machadodorp, gabashin Jamhuriyar Afrika ta Kudu.

 Yaƙi 
Sojojin Boer ƙarƙashin Vechtgeneraal Chris Muller da Janar Ben Viljoen na Janar Ben Viljoen sun yi nasara a kan sojojin Birtaniya na Major Stapleton Lynch Cotton (1860-1928), suna kai musu hari daga gabas da yamma a cikin duhu kafin gari ya waye. Boers sun kai kimanin mutane 580 (ko 350Viljoen 1902.  ), yayin da sojojin Burtaniya ke da karfi kusan maza 350, duk da haka suna alfahari da bindigar sojan ruwa 120mm (4.7 inch). Muller da sojojinsa sun kama fursunonin yaki 235 da kuma igwa. Bayan kona hannun jari na sojojin Burtaniya, sojojin Boer sun gudu don ƙarfafa sojojin Burtaniya masu zuwa. 

 Bayan haka 
Daga baya Muller ya zama sananne musamman don kama wannan igwa, da ake kira 'Lady Roberts' cikin raha.The cannon's name referred to Nora Henrietta Bews, the spouse of the British Commander-in-Chief Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts.  Major Cotton, 1st Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment, an yanke masa hukuncin barin muƙaminsa a Helvetia, amma an wanke shi da rashin kula da kyakkyawan tsari da horo na soja.  Page 330.

 Adabi 

  At the website angloboerwar.com of David Biggins. 
 Grobler, J.E.H.: The War Reporter. Jonathan Ball Publishers. 2004. ISBN 978-1-86842-186-2.
  Page 493.


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