Yaƙin Bothaville

Yakin Bothaville (Doornkraal) a ranar 6 ga watan Nuwamba 1900 ya kasance rashin nasara na Christian de Wet 's Boer Commando a hannun sojojin Biritaniya Mounted Infantry (MI).

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De Wet ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan kwamandojin Boer na yakin Boer na biyu, ya rushe layin samar da Burtaniya kusan ba tare da wani hukunci ba. A ranar 6 ga watan Nuwamba, De Wet ya yi sansani a Bothaville a kan kogin Valsch tare da umarni 800 na Orange Free State. Jam'iyyarsa ta haɗa da shugaban Free State, Marthanus Steyn. De Wet ya san cewa Manjo Janar Charles Knox ya yi sansani mai nisan  daga nesa kuma ya yi imanin cewa ma'aikatansa za su ba shi cikakken gargaɗi game da duk wani motsi na abokan gaba. Abin da bai sani ba shi ne, mutanen da ke babban ofishinsa sun yi barci.Pakenham, p 502 

Ba da daɗewa ba bayan wayewar gari, daidai bayan De Wet ya sami rahoto mai gamsarwa daga ɗan leƙen asiri, Knox's 600 mai gadin gaba, 5th da 8th MI a ƙarƙashin Laftanar-Kanar PWJ Le Gallais ya bayyana kawai  daga sansanin Boer. Sau ɗaya De Wet ya yi mamaki kuma firgici ya faru a sansanin Boer.Pakenham, p 502 Domin mataimakinsa ya ajiye doki, shugaba Steyn ya samu damar tserewa. Yawancin kwamandojin De Wet sun gudu don tsira da rayukansu a kan doki, amma babban jigon mutum kusan 150 ya tsaya a baya kuma suka yi yaƙi da MI. Bangarorin biyu sun je ƙasa ko kuma sun mamaye gine-ginen gonaki kuma sun yi ta harbe-harbe da bindigogi har ma da bindigogin filla a kusa. "Jarumtakar da aka nuna a ɓangarorin biyu ta sanya ta zama ɗaya daga cikin ƙananan ayyuka masu ban tsoro da ban tsoro."

An ci gaba da gwabzawa na tsawon sa'o'i huɗu kafin Knox ya nuna jinkirin tare da sojojin sa. A wannan lokacin, wani jami'in da ya tsira, Manjo William Hickie, ya jagoranci MI a cajin bayonet. Hakan ya haifar da sallamar Boer da sauri. MI ya so ya harbe Boers guda biyu waɗanda aka same su da harsasai na dum-dum, amma Knox cikin mutuntaka ya dakatar da wannan. Don haushin jami'an MI, Knox da ma'aikatansa sun shagaltu da raba ganima a sansanin Boer da aka kama. Babu wani bibiya.Pakenham, p 502

 Bayan haka 
Boers sun yi asarar rayuka 25 da kuma kama 130, ciki har da maza 30 da suka jikkata.Pakenham, p 501 Har ila yau, De Wet ya watsar da bindigogin filin Krupp guda hudu, da pom pom, da manyan bindigogi biyu da aka kama daga Birtaniya a yakin Colenso da Sanna's Post.  Asarar Birtaniyya kuma tana da muni: kusan maza 38 ko dai sun ji rauni ko kuma aka kashe su a wani mataki. Le Gallais ya mutu a wannan daren na raunukansa. Laftanar-Kanar Wally Ross na MI na 8 ya samu mummunan rauni a fuska. Saboda gazawar Knox ya bi, yawancin sojojin De Wet sun tafi daidai kuma nan da nan suka fara aiki a kan garrison na Birtaniyya da kuma samar da motocin. A fusace Hickie ta rubuta, "Janar tsohuwar mace ce... Idan Knox yana da dash iri ɗaya da Le Gallais, da mun ɗauki dukan kuri'a, mu kwashe dukan taron."Pakenham, p 503  An kuma yi mummunar asarar kayan aiki a kan Boers, ciki har da bindigogi shida, bindiga Maxim da pom-pom, duk kekunan de Wet ɗauke da bindigogi da ƙananan bindigogi da kuma tufafi da sauran kayayyaki. Duk da haka, de Wet ya kasance a cikin filin kuma, a cikin makwanni biyu, ya buge Birtaniya a kan hamshakan 1,500.Pakenham, p 502

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