Yaƙin Tafkin Tanganyika

Yakin Tafkin Tanganyika jerin ayyukan sojan ruwa ne da suka faru tsakanin bangarorin Royal Navy, Force Publique da *Kaiserliche Marine* tsakanin Disamba 1915 da Yuli 1916, a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na farko . Manufar ita ce ta tabbatar da iko da mahimman dabarun Tafkin Tanganyika, wanda rundunonin sojan ruwa na Jamus suka mamaye tun farkon yakin. Sojojin Burtaniya - wadanda suka kunshi jiragen ruwa guda biyu da ake kira HMS  da  - suna karkashin umurnin Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey Spicer-Simson. An kai jiragen zuwa Afirka ta Kudu kuma daga can ta hanyar jirgin kasa, ta hanyar kogi, da kuma jan su cikin gandun daji na Afirka, zuwa tafkin.

A cikin gajeren gwagwarmaya guda biyu, ƙananan jiragen ruwa sun kai hari kuma sun ci abokan adawarsu biyu na Jamus. A cikin aikin farko, a ranar 26 ga Disamba 1915 *Kingani* ya lalace kuma an kama shi, ya zama  . A karo na biyu, ƙaramin jirgin ruwa ya mamaye . Jamusawa sun ci gaba da babban jirgin ruwa na uku da makamai masu yawa a kan tafkin, ; jirgin saman Belgium ya kai hari kan wannan jirgin ba tare da yanke shawara ba kuma daga baya aka rushe shi. Abubuwan da suka faru a cikin rikice-rikicen ƙasa sun sa Jamusawa su janye daga tafkin, kuma kula da tafkin Tanganyika ya wuce ga Birtaniya da Belgium.

## Tarihi

### Yanayin dabarun
Tafkin Tanganyika yana tsakanin abin da ke Belgian Congo a yammacin gefen da Jamus Gabashin Afirka a gabashin gefen gabas. A farkon yakin, Jamusawa suna da jiragen yaki guda biyu a Tafkin Tanganyika:  t (59 dogon ton; 66 gajeren ton) *Hedwig von Wissmann*, da  t (44 dogon ton; 50 gajeren ton).  *Hedwig von Wissmann* da sauri ta yi amfani da bindigogi huɗu da aka karɓa daga jirgin binciken *Möwe* kuma ta tashi zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa na Lukuga a gefen tafkin na Belgium, inda a ranar 22 ga watan Agusta ta kai hari kan jirgin ruwa na Belgium *Alexandre Del Commune*, ta nutse ta bayan wasu hare-hare biyu.

Wannan ya ba Jamusawa fifiko ba tare da wata matsala ba a kan tafkin, tare da matsayinsu ya kara karfafawa tare da nutsewar jirgin ruwa na British African Lakes Corporation *Cecil Rhodes* a wani hari a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1914. Jamusawa sun yi amfani da ikon da suke da shi a tafkin don kaddamar da hari a arewacin Rhodesia, karkashin jagorancin Manjo Janar Kurt Wahle. An sake dawo da wannan, amma ci gaba da kai hare-hare a yankin Belgium da bama-bamai na Lukuga sun shawo kan Belgium don tallafawa Birtaniya.

Duk da wannan aikin, akwai kadan da Belgium ko Birtaniya za su iya yi don kalubalanci Jamus. 'Yan Belgium suna da kayan aiki don babban jirgin ruwa, *Baron Dhanis*, wanda idan za'a iya tara shi zai fi girma fiye da ko dai *Kingani* ko *Hedwig von Wissmann*, amma bai yi ƙarfin hali ya fara gini a kanta ba yayin da Jamusawa ke sintiri a tafkin saboda tsoron cewa za a hallaka ta kafin a kaddamar da ita. Birtaniya ta aika da bindigogi biyu na 12-pound don makamai da ita, amma ba tare da wata dama ba za ta iya kaddamar da ita, 'yan Belgium sun yi amfani da su a matsayin batir na bakin teku don kare Lukuga.

Gudanar da tafkin na Jamus ya kasance mai mahimmanci ga duk yakin da aka yi a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Afirka ta tsakiya. Duk da yake Birtaniya za su iya tara sojoji zuwa kudancin tafkin, kuma Belgium suna da sojoji a arewa, babu wanda zai iya turawa zuwa Jamus ta Gabashin Afirka saboda haɗarin cewa Jamus za ta yi amfani da jiragensu don jigilar sojoji a fadin tafkin, da kuma amfani da su don yanke hanyoyin samar da su da sadarwa.

### Shirin Lee
A ranar 21 ga Afrilu 1915, John R. Lee - babban mafarauci kuma tsohon soja na Yaƙin Boer na Biyu - ya isa Admiralty don saduwa da Admiral Sir Henry Jackson .  Lee ya kasance a Gabashin Afirka kuma da kansa ya lura da jiragen ruwa na Jamus a Tafkin Tanganyika. Ya kuma kawo labarai cewa Jamusawa suna shirin kaddamar da sabon jirgi daga tashar jiragen ruwa mai garu ta Kigoma.   An kira shi , an gina shi a tashar jiragen ruwa ta Meyer a Papenburg, an raba shi kuma an kwashe shi cikin akwatuna 5,000 kuma an kai shi Dar-es-Salaam. Daga can, an kawo ta ta hanyar jirgin ƙasa zuwa Kigoma kuma ta taru a asirce.    tsawo kuma tana fitar da tan 1,575 mai tsawo (1,600 , za ta tabbatar da ikon Jamus na tafkin kuma ta ba da damar jigilar sojoji 800-900 da sauri zuwa kowane matsayi a bakin tafkin don kai hari cikin yankin hadin gwiwa.

Don magance wannan barazanar, Lee ya ba da shawarar cewa a aika jiragen ruwa zuwa Afirka kuma a kai su cikin ciki zuwa tafkin. Za su kasance ƙananan kuma suna iya sarrafawa sosai, kuma - idan suna da bindiga tare da kewayon  yd (6,400  - za su iya tserewa da kuma fitar da manyan jiragen ruwa na Jamus. Yin amfani da ƙananan jiragen ruwa waɗanda za a iya jigilar su ba tare da lalacewa ba yana nufin cewa za a iya kaddamar da su nan da nan a kan tafkin, yana kawar da haɗarin gano su da hallaka su yayin da aka tara su. Sir Henry ya yi la'akari da shirin kuma ya amince da shi tare da kalmomin "Wannan aiki ne da al'adar Royal Navy don shiga abokan gaba duk inda akwai ruwa don tashi a cikin jirgin. "   Jackson ya ba da aikin kammala cikakkun bayanai game da aikin ga ƙaraminsa, Admiral David Gamble. Gamble ya nada Lee na biyu a matsayin kwamandan balaguron, kuma ya sanya Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey Spicer-Simson a matsayin mai kula.  

Spicer-Simson wani mutum ne wanda Giles Foden ya bayyana a matsayin "mutumin da aka yi wa kotu don lalata jiragensa, maƙaryaci mai tsananin gaske kuma mai sa skirts. "  Ya kai matsayin mataimakin kwamandan amma bai ci gaba da ci gaba da yin kuskure da bala'o'i ba, wanda ya bar shi a cikin karamin ofishin Admiralty da aka ba shi don taimakawa tare da aiwatar da canja wurin ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa a cikin rundunar sojan ruwa. A cikin 1905, ya zo da ra'ayin ɗaure kebul tsakanin masu hallaka biyu don share periscopes kuma kusan nutse jirgin ruwa. Ya gudu wani jirgi a kan tudu yayin da yake gwada tsaron Portsmouth Harbour, kuma daga baya ya yi karo da kuma nutse wani karamin jirgi, ya kashe wani mutum. A lokacin barkewar yaƙi, yana cikin kwamandan  da ƙaramin jirgin ruwa a Ramsgate. Ya tafi bakin teku don ya yi wa baƙi nishaɗi a otal ɗin da ke kusa, daga windows dinsa ya kalli *Nijar* da aka jefa kuma ya nutse. Duk da haka ya umarci jirgin bincike a kan Kogin Gambiya kuma, saboda karancin jami'ai, an zaba shi don karɓar umurni. Lee ya fita don shirya hanyar ta Afirka, yayin da Spicer-Simson ya tara mutane 27 da jiragen ruwa guda biyu waɗanda John I. Thornycroft &amp;amp; Company suka gina don cika umarnin da gwamnatin Girka ta yi kafin yaƙin.  

### Tafiyar ''Mimi'' da ''Toutou''

Sojojin ruwa na Burtaniya sun kunshi jiragen ruwa guda biyu masu tsawon mita 12. Spicer-Simson ya ba da shawarar a kira su Cat da Dog, amma Admiralty ta ƙi sunayen. Spicer-Simson ya ba da shawarar  da  a matsayin madadin, wanda aka yarda da shi. Kamar yadda ya bayyana daga baya, waɗannan suna nufin "Miaow" da "Bow-wow" a Faransanci. An tattara ma'aikatan su daga sanannun Spicer-Simson, ko kuma daga cikin Royal Naval Reserve. Spicer-Simson ya ba da shawarar ingantawa da yawa ga ƙirar asali; an yanke su don inganta saurin su, an sanya bindigogin Maxim da bindigar Hotchkiss mai nauyin fam 3, kodayake dole ne a harbe Hotchkess daga matsayi na durƙusa, kuma an kara karin linings na ƙarfe a cikin tankunan man fetur. An gwada jiragen ruwa a kan Thames a ranar 8 ga Yuni, inda aka shirya don *Mimi* ta harba harsashi daga 3-pound. Harsashi ya buga abin da aka yi niyya, amma duka bindiga da mai bindiga sun tashi cikin kogi, saboda ba a ɗaure bindigar yadda ya kamata ba. An ɗora jiragen a cikin SS Llanstephen Castle a ranar 15 ga Yuni, tare da motoci na musamman da bargo don ba da damar jigilar su ta hanyar dogo ko ƙasa, da kayan aikin balaguron da kayan aiki. Da zarar sun isa Afirka ta Kudu, dole ne a ɗauke su sama da  mi (4,800  a cikin ƙasa, gami da tsallaka tsaunuka masu tsayi 1,800 (5,900 . A halin yanzu, a ranar 8 ga Yuni an kaddamar da *Graf von Götzen* a Tafkin Tanganyika.

An kammala matakin farko na *Mimi* da *Toutou* na  mi (16,000  bayan kwanaki 17 a teku da isowarsu a Cape. Daga Cape Town, su da mutanen da ke cikin balaguron sun yi tafiya zuwa arewa ta hanyar jirgin kasa ta Bulawayo zuwa Elisabethville, inda suka isa ranar 26 ga Yuli. Bayan tafiya zuwa tashar jirgin kasa a Fungurume, an cire su kuma an ja su    ta cikin daji ta hanyar kungiyoyin shanu da tractors na tururi zuwa farkon hanyar jirgin kasa daga Sankisia zuwa Bukama. A Bukama, an sauke jiragen ruwa da shagunan kuma an shirya su don tafiya zuwa Kogin Lualaba, inda duk da gudu a kan ruwa sau da yawa kuma an tilasta su shiga cikin jirgin ruwa na Belgium sun kammala tafiyarsu bayan sun shiga cikin Tafkin Kisale kuma sun isa Kabalo a ranar 22 ga Oktoba. Daga can, wani karamin jirgin kasa ya kai su kusa da tashar jiragen ruwa ta Belgium ta Lukuga, a bakin Tekun Tanganyika. A nan ne Spicer-Simson ya sadu da kwamandan sojojin Belgium, Kwamandan Stinghlamber, da kwamandan sojan ruwa, Kwamandan Goor, kuma an yi shirye-shirye don kaddamar da *Mimi* da *Toutou* da neman Jamusawa.

### Shirye-shiryen Belgium da Jamusanci
Jamusawa sun yi amfani da asarar jirgin binciken Möwe ta hanyar ɗaukar wasu daga cikin ma'aikatanta, da maza daga jiragen ruwa na Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie, da kuma amfani da su don sarrafa jiragensu. Matsayin Jamus a kan tafkin ya kara karfafawa tare da asarar Jirgin ruwa na SMS Königsberg a cikin Kogin Rufiji a watan Yuli. Manyan bindigogi daga Königsberg sun isa sansanin Jamus a Kigoma, kuma kwamandan sojan ruwa na Jamus a tafkin, Kyaftin Gustav Zimmer, yana da daya daga cikin Königsberg's 105 millimetres (4.1 in) in) SK L/40 Schnelladekanone (watau bindiga mai saurin wuta) wanda aka ɗora a kan Götzen. Mambobin ma'aikatan Königsberg sun kuma shiga cikin sojojinsa, kuma Zimmer ya sanya tsohon ma'aikacin Lieutenant Job Rosenthal a matsayin kwamandan Kingani. Ayuba Odebrecht ya umarci Hedwig, yayin da Zimmer da kansa ya umarci Götzen.

A kan wannan karfi mai ban tsoro, 'yan Belgium za su iya tara jirgin ruwa mai dauke da man fetur wanda ke dauke da bindigogi biyu mai suna Dix-Tonne, jirgin ruwa mai suna *Netta*, da kuma mai kifi da aka sanya tare da motar waje. Goor ya yi fatan kawo *Baron Dhanis* wanda ba a tara shi ba, da kuma hulk na *Alexandre del Commune*, wanda *Hedwig von Wissmann* ya nutse a farkon yakin. Zimmer na iya sanin cewa Birtaniya suna shirin kaddamar da jiragen ruwa a kan tafkin, amma kuma ya damu da cewa *Baron Dhanis* na iya haɗuwa da kaddamarwa. *Baron Dhanis* mai tsawon tan 1,500 (1,500  ba lallai ba ne ya zama barazana ga *Götzen* a tashar jiragen ruwa, amma ya ƙaddara ya kula da 'yancin motsi a kan tafkin. Rashin cikakken bayani ya aika Rosenthal a cikin *Kingani* don bincika Lukuga.

## Yaƙi

### Binciken Rosenthal

Laftanar Job Rosenthal, shugaban jirgin ruwa *Kingani*, ya kai hare-hare da dama kuma ya lura da aikin gina sabon tashar jiragen ruwa a Kalemie, kudu da Lukuga, inda Spicer-Simson ke shirin kafa sansaninsa.  Tun da ba su da cikakken bayani game da motsin abokan gaba, *Kingani* ta dawo da safe ranar 1 ga Disamba kuma ta yi ƙoƙarin kusantar tashar. An hango jirgin Rosenthal daga bakin gabar ruwa kuma aka kore shi, amma ya dawo da daddare kuma Rosenthal da kansa ya yi iyo zuwa Lukuga don bincika hanyar saukar da jirage da ake ginawa.  Hakanan ya gano sansanonin da tuta ta Burtaniya ta nuna kasancewar Spicer-Simson da tawagarsa. Rosenthal ya bi layin dogo kuma ya gano *Mimi* da *Toutou*, da kuma sassan da aka raba na *Baron Dhanis*.  Da ya fahimci haɗarin da ke tafe daga jiragen ruwa na Birtaniya, ya yi ƙoƙarin komawa *Kingani*, amma bai iya ganinta a cikin duhu ba. Ya ɓoye kansa da fatan cewa *Kingani* za ta dawo da dare, amma sai wata rundunar Beljiyam ta kama shi.  Duk da kasancewarsa a matsayin fursuna, ya samu nasarar tura saƙo tare da wani saƙon ɓoye da aka rubuta da fitsari zuwa ga Zimmer don gargadin abin da ya gani, amma saƙon bai isa Kigoma ba har sai bayan watanni. 

### ''Mimi'' da ''Toutou'' sun kaddamar
Hanyoyin saukar jiragen ruwa a Kalemie sun kammala zuwa tsakiyar Disamba, kuma a ranar 22 ga Disamba, an kaddamar da *Toutou* a kan Tafkin Tanganyika, sai *Mimi* ta biyo baya washegari.  A ranar 24 Disamba aka gama shiryawa na ƙarshe, ciki har da cika man fetur da saka bindigogi, kafin yin gwaji na ɗan lokaci. A ranar 26 Disamba, *Kingani* ta kusanci Kalemie. Wanda ya maye gurbin Rosenthal – Ƙaramin Laftanar Junge – yana da umarni na tattara bayanai game da shirye-shiryen jirgin ruwa, kuma da karfe 06:00 na safe – lokacin da Spicer-Simson ke gudanar da addu’ar safe – an hango ta a bakin ruwa. 

### ''Kingani'' ta shiga hannu

*Mimi* da *Toutou* sun fice daga tasha bayan da *Kingani* ta wuce. Junge, da bai yi tsammanin ganin jiragen ruwa guda biyu masu tashi da tuta farare ba, ya bayar da umarnin a ƙara gudu.  Bindigar *Kingani* mai nauyin fam shida tana harbi ne kawai a gaba, sai dai jiragen ruwa na mota da suka fi sauri kuma ƙananan jiki suka matso kusa suna harbi da bindigoginsu na fam uku, suna kauce wa harbin Jamus. Bayan faɗa mai ɗaukar minti 11, *Kingani* ta sami rauni a bindigarta, harsashin ya shige ta ta cikin garkenta, ya kashe Junge da wasu jami'an ƙasa biyu, Penne da Schwarz.  Bayan harbi da dama, babban injiniyan jirgin ya sauke tutar ya mika wuya kuma Birtaniyawa suka mallake ta.  Junge da sauran ma'aikata huɗu da suka mutu aka binne su; wani ɗan asalin Afirka da ke cikin jirgin an bar shi ya ci gaba da aiki a matsayin mai dumama tukunyar jirgi, yayin da aka ɗauki Jamusawa uku da 'yan Afirka takwas a matsayin fursunoni.  Bayan an gyara ramin da ke jikin *Kingani*, an saka ta cikin rundunar Birtaniya da suna HMS *Fifi*.  Spicer-Simson ya bayyana cewa *Fifi* na nufin "tweet-tweet" a Faransanci, kuma matar wani jami’in Beljiyam ce ta ba da shawarar hakan bayan ganin kananan tsuntsayenta. 

An mayar da bindigar fam shida zuwa bayan jirgin, yayin da aka ɗora ɗaya daga cikin bindigogin fam 12 da aka daɗe da kafa su a gabar ruwa zuwa gaban jirgin.  Rundunar Sojin Ruwa ta nuna jin daɗinta da nasarorin da aka samu, Spicer-Simson ya sami ƙarin matsayi na kwamanda tun daga ranar faɗar, kuma aka aiko da saƙo da ke cewa: "Sarki mai girma yana so ya nuna gamsuwarsa da aikin ban mamaki da tawagarsa ta gudanar a mafi nisa daga ƙasar." Ofishin mulkin mallaka ma ya bayyana gamsuwa da wannan aiki.  Zimmer bai aika da *Hedwig* don binciken bacewar *Kingani* ba nan da nan, wataƙila saboda yana da ayyuka da yawa na jigilar sojoji da kaya. Haka kuma, lokacin ruwan sama na watan Janairu ya sanya tafiyar jiragen ruwa ƙarami a tafkin cikin haɗari.

### ''Hedwig'' ta nutse

Ba sai tsakiyar watan Janairu ba ne *Hedwig* ta iso Lukuga domin binciken bacewar jirgin ruwan Jamus. A lokacin, Spicer-Simson ya karɓi jirgin ruwan Beljiyam da aka gyara mai suna *Delcommune*—wanda yanzu aka sauya masa suna zuwa *Vengeur*—a matsayin ƙarin ƙarfi ga jiragensa. Odebrecht ya yi sintiri kusa da gabar teku, yana guje wa makaman gabar da ake zaton su ne suka halaka *Kingani*, amma bai ga wani abu mai mahimmanci ba. An umurce shi da ya koma Lukuga a ranar 8 ga Fabrairu, kuma aka ce ya haɗu da Zimmer a kan *Götzen* washegari.

*Hedwig* aka hangi da safiya sosai, kuma sojojin da ke cikin tawagar suka fita da sauri don tare ta. Jiragen ruwa na haɗin gwiwar Birtaniya da Beljiyam sun haɗa da *Mimi*, *Fifi*, *Dix-Tonne*, da kwale-kwalen *Toutou* wanda ya samu rauni kuma har yanzu yana cikin gyara.

Odebrecht ya hango jiragen da ke tunkaro su, amma ya ci gaba da matsowa. Da farko ya ɗauka cewa jiragen Beljiyam ne, amma tutocin fari sun nuna cewa Birtaniyya ce. Ya ci gaba da matsowa har sai da ya juya sosai zuwa hagu da karfe 09:30, ko dai yana ƙoƙarin janyo su zuwa wajen *Götzen*, ko kuma ya ruɗe da hangen ido yana tunanin jiragen sun fi girma fiye da yadda ya fara tunani.

Jiragen da ke binsu suka fara harbi da *Fifi* tana harbi da bindigar 12-pounder da ke gaban ta. Harbin ya hana jirgin ci gaba da tafiya; Odebrecht ya yi amfani da wannan damar ya ja da baya. *Hedwig* na iya yin  yayin da *Fifi* ke iya yin , amma yayin da *Fifi* ke faduwa baya, *Mimi* ta shude ta, tana harbi da bindigarta mai nauyin 3-pounder kan jirgin Jamus da ke janyewa.

Harbin bai ci ba, amma bindigar baya na *Hedwig* ba ta da nisan da bindigar *Mimi*, kuma Odebrecht ya tilasta juyawa don ƙoƙarin harbi da bindigarsa mai nauyin 6-pounder da ke gaba. Duka jiragen biyu suka rika juyawa ba tare da samun damar harbi mai tasiri ba, har sai da *Fifi* ta matso. Spicer-Simson, wanda ke jagoranci a kan *Fifi*, yana da harsashi uku kawai a bindigarsa mai nauyin 12-pounder, kuma yana cikin haɗarin a buge shi idan *Hedwig* ta samu damar amfani da bindigarta mai nauyin 6-pounder.

A wannan lokacin, harsashi ya makale a bindigar *Fifi*, kuma a cikin mintuna 20 da aka ɗauka don cirewa, *Hedwig* ta kuma ja da baya tana neman *Götzen*. Da harbi na biyu kafin ƙarshe, *Fifi* ta sake harbi. Harsashin ya buga jikin *Hedwig* yana haddasa ambaliya, yayin da harbi na ƙarshe ya buga ɗakin injin, ya fashe boila ya kashe matukan jirgin biyar 'yan Afirka da Jamusawa biyu.

Yayin da gobara ke bazuwa cikin jirgin da aka buge, Odebrecht ya bada umurnin a bar jirgi, ya kuma girka bama-bamai don halaka jirgin da ke nutsewa. (Ukun daga cikin matattu sune injiniya da masu hura wuta biyu 'yan asali a ɗakin boila; sauran sune wani jami'i da kuma mutane uku 'yan asali). Daga cikin sauran jami'an jirgin, wani Bature mai aikin wuta da wani ɗan asalin ɗan ruwa sun ji rauni kaɗan yayin da harsashi ya buga jiragen ƙananan kwale-kwale biyu; Mutane goma sha biyu 'yan Turai, ciki har da kaptin, da kuma mutane takwas 'yan asali aka kama su da ransu da Birtaniyawa.

Baya ga mutane 20 da suka tsira, Birtaniyawa sun kuma kama tutar rundunar ruwan Jamus mai girma, wacce ita ce ta farko da aka kama a wannan yaƙin.

### ''Götzen'' ta nutse da gangan

Rukunin jiragen ruwa sun koma bakin teku tare da fursunoninsu, kuma washegari *Götzen* ta bayyana daga nesa tana shawagi a cikin binciken *Hedwig* da ta ɓace. Da aka samu labari, ma’aikatan jiragen sun yi gaggawar shiga jiragensu, amma Spicer-Simson ya hana kai hari.

Bayan ɗan lokaci, Spicer-Simson ya bar tafkin zuwa Stanleyville domin neman wani jirgi da zai iya fafatawa da *Götzen*. A can, ya samu jirgin ƙarfe mai suna *St George* mallakin jakadan Burtaniya a Banana, ya umarci a kwance shi, a ja shi zuwa Tafkin Tanganyika sannan a sake haɗa shi.

Da ya dawo a watan Mayu, matsayinsu na sojojin Jamus a tafkin ya kara taɓarɓarewa. Sojojin Beljiyam na gab da kwace Kigoma, yayin da dakarun Birtaniya ke matsowa arewa zuwa Bismarckburg. Manufar jiragen ruwan ita ce tallafa wa aikin ƙasa daga tafki, kuma rukunin jiragen da suka haɗa da *Mimi*, *Toutou*, *Fifi* da *Vengeur* sun iso Bismarckburg a ranar 5 ga Yuni. Da suka tarar da gabar ruwan na da tsaro daga sansanin sojoji, Spicer-Simson ya yanke shawarar kada ya kai hari, ya ja da baya zuwa Kituta.

Wannan ya baiwa sojojin Jamus damar tserewa da jerin jiragen ruwa na dhow, abin da ya fusata kwamandan rundunar ƙasa, Laftanar Kanal Murray. Rundunar jiragen ruwan ta tsaya a Bismarckburg, inda Spicer-Simson ya yi mamakin gano cewa bindigogin sansanin na katako ne kawai, ba na gaske ba.

A wani lokaci, Birtaniya ta bai wa Beljiyam jiragen sama guda huɗu na Short Type 827 masu iya sauka a ruwa domin kai hari kan *Götzen* a Kigoma. An kai hare-hare da dama, amma ba tare da sanin Birtaniya ko Beljiyam ba, an riga an umarci Zimmer daga kwamandansa—Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck—da ya cire mafi yawan bindigogin *Götzen*, ciki har da bindigar mm 105 daga jirgin *Königsberg*, domin a yi amfani da su a filin daga. An saka bindigogin katako don yaudarar cewa har yanzu jirgin yana da bindigogi masu ƙarfi.

Kigoma ta faɗa hannun sojojin Janar Charles Tombeur a ranar 28 ga Yuli yayin Harin Tabora, amma *Götzen* ta riga ta bace. Sojojin Jamus sun tuka jirgin zuwa kudu da gabar ruwa ta Kigoma, kuma bayan da suka shafa masa mai sosai a injinsa domin a iya amfani da shi nan gaba idan buƙata ta taso, sai suka cika shi da yashi suka narke shi da gangan a ranar 26 ga Yuli a zurfin mita 20 kusa da gabar Katabe Bay (sunanta a Beljiyam: Baie de l’éléphant; a Birtaniya: Bangwe Bay) a matsayin: 04° 54' 05" K; 029° 36' 12" E.

## Bayan Haka

Mulkin hadin gwiwar Birtaniya da Beljiyam a Kogin Tanganyika ya tabbata zuwa tsakiyar shekarar 1916, ko da yake yaƙin a nahiyar Afirka ya ci gaba har na tsawon shekaru biyu. Yawancin maza daga rundunar sojin ruwa sun koma Birtaniya, inda aka ba Spicer-Simson lambar yabo ta Distinguished Service Order, amma aka soki wasu daga cikin halayensa na gaba da Beljiyamawa, kuma bai sake samun wata umarni ba.

A nata ɓangare, gwamnatin Beljiyam ta nada shi a matsayin Commander of the Order of the Crown, kuma ta ba shi lambar yabo ta Croix de guerre. Abubuwan da suka faru a Kogin Tanganyika sun jawo hankalin jama'a, kuma marubuci C. S. Forester ya rubuta su a cikin littafinsa *The African Queen*, wanda daga baya aka mayar da shi fim mai suna *The African Queen*, wanda John Huston ya shirya.

Wani rundunar sojin ruwa ta Birtaniya ta bayyana a littafin, wanda ya ƙunshi ƙananan jiragen ruwa guda biyu masu suna HMS *Amelia* da HMS *Matilda*. Gadon Yaƙin Kogin Tanganyika ya ci gaba ta hanyar tsira da dawowar makiyi na Spicer-Simson, *Graf von Götzen*. Beljiyamawa sun ciro jirgin daga cikin ruwa suka kai shi Kigoma, amma daga baya ya nitse a tashar jiragen ruwa sakamakon hadari.

An sake ciro ta a 1921 a ƙarƙashin ikon mallakar Birtaniya da aka ba su bisa umarnin League of Nations don yankin Tanganyika, inda aka gano cewa an adana jirgin sosai saboda man da aka shafa masa, har ba a buƙaci gyara sosai ba. An dawo da ita aiki a ranar 16 ga Mayu, 1927, ƙarƙashin sunan *Liemba*, kuma har yanzu tana yawo a Kogin Tanganyika.

Wannan nasara ce ga ƙungiyar Triple Entente.

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