Bloody Sunday (1900)

Bloody Sunday (1900)  18 ga watan Fabrairu, 1900, rana ce da aka yi asarar rayuka da yawa a cikin Yaƙin Boer na Biyu. 

 Tarihi 
Ya faru ne a ranar farko ta yakin Paardeberg. Haɗaɗɗiyar rundunar Biritaniya da Kanada ta 6,000 a ƙarshe sun kama wani rukunin sojoji kusan 5,000 na Boer da wasu fararen hula, a ƙarƙashin Piet Cronjé, a cikin lankwasa kogin Modder kusa da Kimberley, bayan sun ci gaba daga kudancin kogin Modder a ranar 11 ga wata. Boers sun kare jerin ramuka a kan Dutsen Paardeberg.

Kwamandan Imperial, Kitchener (mai maye gurbin Roberts marasa lafiya na ɗan lokaci), ya fara yaƙin ta hanyar ba da umarnin caji kai tsaye a ramukan Boer. Ƙasar ta gangara zuwa matsayin Boer kuma ba ta da wani murfin tsawon  ko fiye. Rundunar Highland Brigade da Bataliya ta 2 (Special Service), Rundunar Sojin Kanadiya ta Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry ne suka jagoranci harin.

Sojojin Boer sun riƙe wuta har sai da sojojin Birtaniya suka kasance a cikin  . Turawan Ingila sun makale kuma ana ta musayar wuta har dare yayi lokacin da turawan suka janye. Highlanders sun kashe kusan 300; Asarar Kanada 18 ne suka mutu sannan 60 suka jikkata. Hare-haren da aka kai a wasu wurare tare da layin sun yi sanadin jikkatar mutane 1,100, tare da kashe ɗari biyu - mafi munin asarar rana guda ga sojojin Daular suka yi.

Bayan harin farko Roberts ya sake datukar umarni a wannan maraice. Tare da makale Boers ya ba da umarnin tono ramuka da bama-bamai, wanda ya ci gaba har tsawon kwanaki tara. A ranar 27 ga watan Fabrairu, bayan wani harin dare mai ruɗani, sojojin Boer da suka tsira sun miƙa wuya - kusan 4,000 gaba ɗaya.

Wasu sojoji 2,000 na Imperial sun mutu ko kuma an lalata su a Paardeberg saboda rashin lafiya, galibi saboda shan ruwan kogin Modder, daga magudanar ruwa daga inda Boer ke jifan doki da gawar shanu da aka kashe da wutar artillery.

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