Yaƙin Kogin Zand

Yakin Zand River, wanda kuma aka fi sani da Yakin Sand River, wani kawance ne tsakanin sojojin Birtaniya a ƙarƙashin Lord Roberts wanda ya fuskanci wani matsayi na tsaro na Boer, wanda Louis Botha ya jagoranta.  Boers sun kafa wuraren tsaro a kogin, suna da nisan mil 20, don hana Birtaniyya ci gaba a Kroonstad da Pretoria.

 Tarihi 
Tun a watan Fabrairu 1900, Boers sun kasance a kan tsaro a cikin Orange Free State. Bayan yakin Paardeberg ya ga sojojin Piet Cronje sun miƙa wuya, Lord Roberts ya fara Machin a kan Bloemfontein. Tattakin ya ga Birtaniya sun koma yamma daga Kimberley, suna bin hanyar kogin Modder zuwa babban birnin ƙasar. A ranar 13 ga watan Maris, an kammala aikin, kuma Burtaniya ta mamaye Bloemfontein.   Daga can, ya yanke shawarar share kudu maso gabas na Orange Free State, yana dakatar da ci gaba na makonni shida.

Babban sojojin ya tsaya a Bloemfontein, tare da runduna ta 7 a Karee Siding, Conan Doyle, Arthur (September 1902). "The Great Boer War - Chapter 20". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2024-10-08. wani matsayi mai nisan mil 20 daga arewacin birnin. Dakarun da Ian Hamilton da John Faransa ke jagoranta sun yi farautar kwamandojin Boer a kudancin ƙasar, waɗanda suka kunshi galibin sojojin mulkin mallaka da na doki. Ta hanyar Maris, Afrilu, da farkon Mayu, Birtaniya sun share yankin na kwamandojin abokan gaba, wanda yawancin Christiaan de Wet ke jagoranta. A farkon watan Mayu, an kammala share yankin kudu maso gabas na Orange Free State, don haka Lord Roberts ya yanke shawarar tura sojojinsa zuwa arewa zuwa Pretoria. 

A ranar 1 ga watan Mayu, Ian Hamilton ya tashi daga Winburg, kuma Babban rundunar sojojin ƙasa, a ƙarƙashin Lord Roberts wanda ya ƙunshi 11th Division, 7th Division, Faransa na sojan doki, 6th Division, da 3rd Division, ya tashi daga Bloemfontein a ranar 3 ga watan Mayu zuwa Karee, sannan ya fara ƙaura zuwa arewa a ranar 6 ga watan Mayu. 

 Yaƙi 
Boers, da aka tilastawa daga Kudancin Free State, sun koma arewa don shiga cikin sauran kwamandojin, suna yin amfani da su a kogin Sand don hana Birtaniya ci gaba da ci gaba da layin dogo. A ranar 6 ga watan Mayu, Burtaniya ta ci gaba daga arewa daga Bloemfontein, kuma sun fara ci gaba a Transvaal.  Kimanin kilomita 130 daga arewa da Bloemfontein, sun ci karo da wani wurin tsaro na Boer a kogin Sand (ko Zand).  Boers dai sun tarwatsa gadar layin dogo, lamarin da ya tilastawa Birtaniya shiga kogin Sand.  Boers sun wuce layin tsaron su, suna tafiya kusan mil 20.

A safiyar ranar 10 ga watan Mayu, Burtaniya ta fara alkawari, kuma suka shirya tsallaka kogin Sand. Janar Faransa ya fara motsa sojan doki a gefen hagu, kuma ya shiga Boers. Sojojin dokinsa sun tura zuwa arewa, kuma sun fi kusa da Ventersburg Siding fiye da da. Janar Broadwood ya jagoranci sojojin dokinsa zuwa tsakiyar daidai hanyar jirgin ƙasa, kuma ya tsunduma cikin bayan Boer. Ya sanya shi kusa da Ventersburg fiye da Faransa. Sojojin sun fara tsallakawa a tsakiya, tare da Lord Roberts na gaba a tsakiya hagu, da Ian Hamilton yana ci gaba da ci gaba a dama. 

Runduna ta Bakwai ta haye kogin, sai Boers suka buɗe wuta yayin da suke yin haka. Da zarar Ketare ta Bakwai, rundunar Sussex ta afkawa wani muhimmin kopje tare da rauni kaɗan.  Sojojin Biritaniya da na bindigu sun yi ta harbin kan mai uwa da wabi, da tsakar rana kuma, sun karɓe ramukan. Sojoji sun yi ƙoƙari su nufi Ventersburg Siding, duk da haka sun yi gudu a kan matsayi mai karfi na Boer, kuma an kori su ko da bayan dakarun Faransa sun isa. Churchill, Winston Spencer. "Ian Hamilton's March - Action of Sand River". Project Gutenberg. Retrieved 2024-09-10. Daga nan ne Boers suka yi yunkurin kai hari daga gefen dama na baya, duk da haka sojojin da ke hawa suka fatattake su. Da maraice, Boers sun koma arewa, kuma Birtaniya sun ci gaba da ci gaba a ranar 11 ga watan Mayu.

 Ƙungiyoyin Biritaniya suna nan 
Doyle, Arthur Conan. "The Great Boer War/Chapter 25 - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
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