Yaƙin Erego

Yakin Erego (wanda aka fi sani da Beerdhiga) ya faru ne a ranar 6 ga watan Oktoba, 1902, a Hodayo, kimanin mil 70 daga arewacin Galkacyo. Yakin ya haɗa da sojojin mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya ƙarƙashin jagorancin Kanar Swayne da sojojin Somaliya (wanda aka fi sani da Dervishes) ƙarƙashin jagorancin Haji Muhammad Abdullah Hassan. Derwishes sun ci nasara ta hanyar yi wa sojojin Ingila kwanton ɓauna.  Yakin ya kasance farkon rikicin yakin kamfen na Somaliland.

 Yaƙi 
Sojojin Birtaniyya na cikin wani aiki na neman gano Hassan wanda aka fi sani da "Mad Mullah" saboda tsayin daka da ya yi ga 'yan mulkin mallakai. Wannan bincike ya kai su Erego, inda sojojin Hassan suka yi musu kwanton ɓauna. 

Da farko, Kanar Swayne, wanda ke jagorantar ruƙunin Birtaniya, ya yi imanin cewa ya ci nasara da Dervishes. Tabbacin cewa kama Hassan na nan kusa, ya aike da saƙon nasara zuwa London. Sai dai Derwish sun kaddamar da hari daga baya wanda ya katse hanyoyin sadarwa na Kanar Swayne da bakin teku, ya lalata Zariba da ya dogara da ita, sannan daga ƙarshe ya tilasta masa ja da baya. 

Wasikar wani jami’in Biritaniya ya bayyana halin da ake ciki a lokacin yakin:"Ba wanda zai yaba wannan kasuwancin har sai ya yi latti. Muna cikin tarko na yau da kullum, kuma yadda za mu fita ba mu sani ba. Mun yi faɗace-faɗace, kuma mun yi asarar mazaje da yawa. Mafi muni shi ne cewa baƙar fata namu suna shawagi kuma an kashe raƙumanmu kusan an kashe ko an kama. Ba mu da ruwa kusa da mu, kuma muna kusa da kowane rijiyoyi. Ba mu da wani kayan aiki, kuma ba mu da kayan aiki guda biyu. kar a ce sun damu a gida abin da ke faruwa da mu, abin kunya ne a kai mu makafi kamar wannan. Yaƙin ya ƙare da ƙwaƙƙwaran nasara ga Dervish.

 Bayan haka 
Wannan balaguron ya jawo asara ga daular Burtaniya sama da dala 300,000 kuma ya yi sanadin asarar rayuka. Ya tabbatar da gazawa.  Dangane da mayar da martani, majalisar ta bai wa Muhammad Abdullah Hassan dala 15,000 a duk shekara bisa sharaɗin ya daina yakin. Sai dai ya ki amincewa da tayin. 

Kanar Swayne, wanda ya jagoranci ayyukan yaƙi da Dervishes, Ofishin Yaƙi ya tuno da shi don yin shawarwari. 

Nasarar da aka samu a Erigo ya kawo karramawa sosai ga lamarin Dervish. Frederick Quelch wanda ya yi yaki a Somaliland, ya ruwaito:"Idan Mad Mollah ya ci nasara, sauran 'yan Mohammed za su kara sha'awar halayen Ubangiji na shugabancinsa, kuma suna tururuwa zuwa matsayinsa inda za su ci gaba da kasancewa a halin yanzu. Nasarar da Mad Mollah ya yi a kwanan nan a kan sojojin Kanar Swayne, saboda haka, manyan gungun masu tsattsauran ra'ayi ga sojojinsa. Matsalolin da Birtaniya za su yi wajen cin galaba a kansa za su kara yawan nasara." Kafofin yaɗa labarai na kiran Muhammad Abdullah Hassan da sunan 'Mad Mullah' har zuwa lokacin da aka sha kashi a Erego. Bayan wannan taron, an sami sauyin fahimta.  Jaridar Daily News ta ruwaito cewa:"Mad Mullah"... da alama yana ƙara nuna hayyacinsa', kuma ga mad, Mullah ya tsara dabarunsa da basira... shi ba wawa ba ne, wannan Mahaukacin Mullah'. 

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