Yaƙin Congella

**Yaƙin Congella**, wanda ya fara daga 23 ga Mayu 1842, ya kasance tsakanin Turawan Birtaniya na yankin Cape da Voortrekkers ko kuma sojojin Boer na Jamhuriyar Natalia . Jamhuriyar Natalia ta nemi tashar jiragen ruwa mai zaman kanta, wacce ba ta da ikon mallakar Birtaniya, don haka ta nemi mamaye yankin ciniki na Port Natal wanda 'yan kasuwan Burtaniya galibi 'yan kasuwa a KwaZulu-Natal na zamani suka zauna. Yaƙin ya ƙare da nasarar Birtaniya saboda jarumtar Dick King na neman ƙarin sojoji.

## Bayani
A farkon shekarun 1820, wani ƙaramin rukuni na 'yan kasuwa da mafarauta na Birtaniya sun kafa matsuguni a Port Natal, a Durban ta yanzu, a bakin tekun kudu maso gabashin Afirka ta Kudu. Waɗannan mazauna, waɗanda galibi ake kira "'yan kasuwar Port Natal," sun nemi yin kasuwanci da Masarautar Zulu mai ƙarfi a ƙarƙashin Shaka Zulu. Duk da cewa suna nesa, sun nemi amincewa da kariya daga Masarautar Cape ta Burtaniya, amma da farko Gwamnatin Cape ta ƙi haɗa yankin. Sakamakon haka, mazaunan sun yi aiki da kansu, suna haɓaka alaƙar haɗin gwiwa - kodayake wani lokacin suna da tsauri - da shugabannin Zulu da kuma shimfida harsashin faɗaɗa mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya a nan gaba a yankin.  

Duk da haka, 'yan Afirkaner Boers, waɗanda suka bar Cape Colony kwanan nan a cikin gudun hijirar jama'a da ake kira Great Trek, sun yi tafiya a kan tsaunukan Drakensberg, suka zauna a yankin da suka sanya wa suna Natalia Republic kuma suka ci gaba da rayuwarsu ta noma. Mutanen Zulu sun yi shakku game da manufar sabbin 'yan asalin ƙasar kuma yaƙi ya biyo baya jim kaɗan bayan haka. Daga ƙarshe Gwamnatin Cape ta ji labarin jamhuriyar Boer da hare-haren da suka biyo baya kan fararen fata a Port Natal, da kuma yadda waɗannan hare-haren ke tunkarar Cape Colony. Gwamnan Cape, Benjamin d'Urban (wanda daga baya aka sanya wa matsugunin Port Natal suna Durban don girmama shi), ya aika da rundunar sojoji don kwace Natal daga hannun Boers da kuma daidaita hare-haren Zulu. Duk da haka, magajin D'Urban, George Thomas Napier, ne ya aika da Kyaftin Thomas Charlton Smith (wanda ya yi aiki a Yaƙin Waterloo ).

## Faɗa tsakanin sojojin Holland (Boer) da na Birtaniya
Kyaftin Smith ya isa Port Natal ya zauna a ranar 4 ga Mayu 1842, sabanin buƙatun Boers na cewa Birtaniya ta tafi. Smith ya yanke shawarar kai hari ga Boers kafin su sami damar shirya tallafin da suke tsammani. Da tsakar dare a daren 23 da 24 ga Mayu, sojojin Birtaniya, ciki har da Bataliya ta 1, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, sun kai hari kan ƙauyen "Kongela" da ke da kariya sosai. Harin ya gaza da kyau, kuma tarihin rundunar ya ba da labarin yadda ya kamata:

## Kawancen sansanin Birtaniya

Boers sun yi nasara a wani babban yaƙi, kuma Kyaftin Smith ya rasa yawancin sojojinsa. Smith ya fahimci cewa yana buƙatar gaggawar neman ƙarin sojoji daga Cape Colony, wanda ke da nisan kilomita 600 daga daji mara tsari. Wani ɗan kasuwa ɗan Ingila wanda aka sani da Dick King kuma mai mulkin mallaka ya ba da kansa don sanar da yankin ta hanyar hawa doki zuwa Grahamstown . Suna zamewa cikin Boers cikin dare, King da mataimakinsa na asali sun tsere suka fara aikinsu da ba zai yiwu ba. Tarihin Rundunar ya ci gaba:

Tarihi ya ci gaba da cewa, Boers sun miƙa tutar tsagaita wuta suna ba da shawarar cewa a cire mata da yara daga sansanin soja na ƙauye zuwa aminci a cikin jirgin ruwan *Mazeppa* wanda a lokacin yake tashar jiragen ruwa. An karɓi wannan tayin jarumtaka kuma an aika mutane 28 zuwa wurin tsaro a cikin jirgin. Kyaftin Lonsdale ya bayyana hare-haren Boers a cikin wata wasiƙa da ya aika wa mahaifiyarsa a Ingila:

## Ɗaga katangar

Dick King ya yi tafiyar dawaki mai suna kilomita 960 cikin kwanaki goma sha huɗu, kwanaki goma cikin sauri fiye da tsawon tafiyar da aka saba yi, kuma nan take aka aika da ƙarin sojoji. Kwanaki talatin da ɗaya bayan da Kyaftin Smith ya ɗauki King, ƙarin sojoji suka isa Port Natal ta jirgin ruwa, a cikin *Conch* da *South Hampton* . Sojojin sun kwantar da hankalin Kyaftin Smith da Boers da ke kewaye ba da daɗewa ba suka watse. An dawo da *Mazeppa* (ta yi tafiya zuwa Delagoa Bay don tserewa daga yaƙin) kuma mata da yara suka dawo lafiya.

## Nassoshi

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