Siege of Rustenburg

Sigewar Rustenburg wani yaki ne da ya faru tsakanin shekarun 1880 zuwa 1881 a lokacin Yaƙin Boer na Farko. Dakarun Boer na Jamhuriyar Afirka ta Kudu sun kai farmaki kan Rustenburg, wani birni da Birtaniyya ke iko da shi a cikin yankin Transvaal Colony, kuma sun kwace shi bayan watanni uku.

 Shirye-shirye 
A watan Nuwamba 1880, watanni da dama kafin buɗe tashin hankali, an janye da yawa daga cikin garrison na Birtaniya, ya bar bataliyar guda 62 kawai na 21st Regiment of Foot a Rustenburg.  Bayan tashin hankali, kuma da rikici a Afirka ta Kudu ya kusa, sojojin Birtaniya ƙarƙashin Kyaftin Auchinleck sun karfafa tsaro na Fort Rustenburg, wanda ya haɗa da ƙara ƙarin jakunkuna na yashi a saman Paraparats da ake da su, da shimfida ƙananan nakiyoyi a kusa da katanga da kuma gina ƙarin bukkoki na soja.

 Kewayewa 
A ranar 24 ga watan Disamba 1880, wani Boer Commando mai mutane 600 ya shiga garin kuma a ranar 27 ga watan Disamba, ya buƙaci miƙa wuya ga sojojin Biritaniya wanda Kwamandan Garrison, Captain Auchinleck ya ki amincewa da gaggawa. Sifen Rustenburg ya fara ne a ranar 27 ga watan Disamba 1880 kuma ya ƙare a ranar 30 ga watan Maris 1881, yana ɗaukar kwanaki 93. A lokacin da aka kewaye, sojojin Birtaniya sun fuskanci rashin lafiya da rashin kuzari kuma an ci gaba da yin ruwan sama har tsawon kwanaki 45 a kewaye. Boers sun shirya rami, kusa da katangar kuma a ranar 4 ga watan Fabrairun 1881, Kyaftin Auchinleck da mutane tara, bayan duhu, suka fara ci gaba a kan ramin. Kyaftin Auchinleck da mutanensa sun kai wani wuri, mai nisan mita 27 daga ramin, lokacin da suka zana wuta daga Boers a cikin ramin. Kyaftin Auchinleck da mutanensa sun yi nasarar korar mutanen daga cikin ramin, bayan da Boer Commando ya harba sansanin daga ko'ina. Kyaftin Auchinleck ya samu rauni a gwiwar hannu, wanda harsashi na biyu ya samu a wannan rana.

A ranar 14 ga watan Maris 1881, Boers sun sanar da garrison na Birtaniyya da ke cikin kagara game da sharuɗɗan tsagaita wuta kuma a ranar 30 ga watan Maris, Laftanar Ryder, na Rifles na 60, ya iso daga sansanin Sir Evelyn Wood tare da saƙon cewa an yi shawarwarin zaman lafiya. Sojojin Birtaniyya sun samu 'yan tsiraru a lokacin da aka killace; Kyaftin Auchinleck ya samu rauni sau huɗu yayin da wasu mutane uku suka samu raunuka, biyu daga cikinsu masu tsanani.

An kashe Kyaftin Auchinleck a Burma a shekara ta 1884 a lokacin da aka kai hari kan muhimmin garin Toungwingyu. 

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