Yaƙin Nooitgedacht

A yakin Nooitgedacht a ranar 13 ga watan Disamba 1900, Boer Commandos ƙarƙashin jagorancin Generals Koos de la Rey da Christian Beyers sun haɗu don magance shan kashi a hannun brigade na Burtaniya a ƙarƙashin umarnin Manjo Janar RAP Clements a lokacin Yaƙin Boer na Biyu.

 Tarihi 
Lord Roberts ya kama Pretoria a ranar 5 ga watan Yuni kuma ba da daɗewa ba sojojin suka wuce gabas. Bayan da aka fara yakin guerrilla, wani karfi ƙarƙashin Clements ya harri Boers a cikin Moot, wani kwari a cikin tsaunin Magaliesberg. A ƙarshen shekara, ’yan Birtaniyya sun yi rashin kulawa. A ranar 2 ga watan Disamba, kwamandojin De la Rey sun yi wa ayarin motocin shanu kwanton ɓauna a gabashin Rustenburg, inda suka kashe tare da raunata sojojin Burtaniya 64 tare da kama mutane 54 da kekunan kekuna 118. Mataimakin De la Rey, Jan Smuts ya yi kira na kusa lokacin da harsashin da aka nufa masa ya kashe wani Boer. Maharan sun yi garkuwa da takalma da tufafi tare da kona sauran kayayyakin, yayin da suka sako fursunonin nasu.Pakenham, p 504 

De la Rey ya leko sansanin Clement a Nooitgedacht na tsawon kwanaki uku. Sansanin yana da wadataccen ruwan sha da dutsen da ke kusa da ya ba da izinin sadarwa ta hanyar heliograph tare da Manjo Janar Robert Broadwood a Rustenburg. Koyaya, wurin ya mamaye arewa da tsayin  dutse. Wani kwamandojin mutum 1500 ƙarƙashin jagorancin Janar Beyers ya zo nan da nan, yana ba Boers fifiko a kan abokan gaba. Daga baya Smuts ya rubuta, "Ba na tsammanin zai yiwu a zaɓi wani wuri mafi muni ga sansanin."Pakenham, p 505

 Yaƙi 
Ba da daɗewa ba shugabannin Boer sun amince da wani shiri. Rabin mutanen Beyers za su tsaya a baya don hana Broadwood yin tafiya zuwa ceto. Sauran, kimanin maza 1500, an raba su zuwa ƙungiyoyi uku masu kai hari. Beyers zai jagoranci kwamandan nasa a kan 300 na Burtaniya a kan dutsen. Beyers ya ware kwamandan Badenhorst don kai hari sansanin daga yamma. De la Rey zai kama kopjes da yawa a cikin Moot zuwa kudu. Idan komai ya yi kyau, za a kama brigade na Clements kuma a lalata su.

A cikin al'amarin, ginshiƙin Badenhorst ya shiga cikin layukan tsinke na Biritaniya a cikin duhun wayewar gari. A cikin ɗan gajeren fusillade a kusa, an kori Boers baya, tare da asara a ɓangarorin biyu. 'Yan Birtaniyyan da aka faɗakar da su a yanzu sun mallaki wuraren tsaronsu. Daga nan Beyers ya kaddamar da harinsa a kan dutsen, amma ba da daɗewa ba mutanen da suka gaji suka dakatar da shi daga juriya daga Northumberland Fusiliers. Bayan shaida harin farko na De la Rey da aka kori a cikin kwarin da ke ƙasa, mutanen Beyer sun yi wahayi zuwa gare su kuma suka mamaye matsayi na Birtaniya a kan dutsen.Evans, p 132  Bayan rasa rayuka kusan 100, Kyaftin Yatman ya miƙa wuya da misalin karfe 7:00 na safe. Ƙarfafa hawan dutsen ya yi asara sosai lokacin da mutanen Beyers suka zuba musu wuta ba zato ba tsammani.

A wannan safiya ya yi zafi sosai don kunna saƙo zuwa Broadwood, don haka Clements ya kasance da kansa gaba ɗaya. A halin yanzu, De la Rey da Smuts sun yi nasarar kama duk kopjes a cikin Moot sai ɗaya, Yeomanry Hill (Hartebeestfontein). Clements a hankali da sauri ya maida hankalin waɗanda suka tsira akan wannan matsayi. Da karfe 8:00 na safe turawan Ingila sun kori gungun Boers da suka samu gindin zama a Dutsen Yeomanry. Daga nan sai suka yi aiki tuƙuru don su sa dutsen ya kare. Har ila yau an ajiye bindigar sojan ruwa mai girman inci 4.7 ta hanyar mirgina ta zuwa ƙasa daga kanginta na asali da kuma ja da ita zuwa babban matsayin Birtaniyya.Pakenham, p 506-507

A halin yanzu, mutanen da ke ƙarƙashin Beyers sun juya baya don kwashe sansanin Birtaniya kuma babu wani abin da Boer Janar zai iya yi da zai dawo da su zuwa yakin. Wani Boer ya ce, "An sake gyara mu daga kai har zuwa dugaduganmu."  Da karfe 4:00 na yamma, Clements da ragowar birgediyansa suka tashi da bindigoginsa zuwa Pretoria. Komawarsu ta kasance ba tare da hamayya ba saboda Boers sun gaji kuma a wannan lokacin mutanen De la Rey sun shiga cikin sauran Boers don kwashe sansanin abokan gaba.Pakenham, p 508

 Bayan haka 
Godiya ga saurin mayar da martani ga rikicin, Clements ya ceci brigadensa daga halaka. Sai dai Janar din ya rasa rabin rundunarsa saboda rashin zabin da ya yi na sansanin. Sojojin Masarautar ba su sami wani sakamako ba daga shan kashin da suka yi in ban da irin hasarar da aka yi da kuma asarar kayayyakin da aka yi musu. A cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci, wani shafi a ƙarƙashin Clements ya sake cin zarafi.Evans, p 133

 Manazarta 

 Bayanan kula 

 Evans, Martin Marix. The Boer War: South Africa 1899-1902. Oxford: Osprey, 1999. 
 Pakenham, Thomas. The Boer War. New York: Avon Books, 1979.