Yaƙin Chieveley

**Yaƙin Chieveley** ya faru ne a ranar 15 ga watan Nuwamba 1899, kuma an yi kwanton ɓauna ne a kan wani jirgin ƙasa mai sulke na Biritaniya da ke tafiya daga Estcourt zuwa Colenso a cikin aikin leƙen asiri. Sojojin Boer ƙarƙashin jagorancin Louis Botha, waɗanda suka haɗa da farko Legion Volunteer na Italiya, sun yi wa jirgin kasan kwanton ɓauna, suka kuma kawar da shi, inda suka kwashe mafi yawan sojojin Birtaniya a matsayin fursunoni. Kwamandan sojojin Birtaniya a cikin jirgin ƙasa mai sulke shi ne Kanar Charles James Long, wanda ya samu rahotanni kwana ɗaya da ta gabata game da Boers a yankin, shi ya sa ya aike da jirgin ƙasa mai sulke.  

## Tarihi
Bayan Boers sun kewaye tare da kewaye sansanin Birtaniyya a ƙarƙashin Janar White a Ladysmith a ranar 2 ga watan Nuwamba, sauran Sojojin Natal na Natal sun nufi kudu zuwa Colenso da Estcourt.  A ranar 3 ga watan Nuwamba, Boers sun yi harbi a kan sansanin da ke Colenso, kuma daga baya suka ja da baya daga matsayinsu, suka shiga cikin sauran Sojojin a Estcourt. A ranar 9 ga watan Nuwamba, wani jirgin ƙasa mai sulke ya yi hanyarsa zuwa Colenso, inda ya lura da matsayin Boer da kariyar Burtaniya da aka yi watsi da su. Sojojin Boer ƙarƙashin Louis Botha sun ci gaba zuwa kudu daga kogin Tugela,  suka koma mamaye Weenen.

## Yaƙi
A ranar 15 ga watan Nuwamba, Kanar Long ya shirya wata rundunar leken asiri da za ta tashi daga Estcourt zuwa Colenso, kamar yadda suka samu rahoton Boers ya nufi Estcourt da Weenen.  Jirgin ya wuce tashar Frere, kuma 'yan sandan Natal sun ba da rahoton cewa komai ya bayyana a gaba. Jirgin ya ci gaba da zuwa Colenso lokacin da suka wuce wurin Boer mai nisan yadi 600 daga gare su. Rikicin da ke cikin jirgin ya budet wuta, inda ‘yan bindigar suka bi su da sauri suka bi su, sannan jirgin ya juye domin ya matso kusa da Boer. Wani ɗan gaba kaɗan ne wani tudu, wanda Boer artillery da Maxim "Pom Pom" suke. Boers ɗin ne suka buɗe wuta da bindigogin atilare tare da karkatar da motocin jirgin ƙasa guda uku.  Winston Churchill, wanda ya kasance a matsayin wakilin, tare da Lt. Frankland, sun yi nasarar tara waɗanda suka jikkata a kan injin, yayin da Kyaftin Haldane ya tsare sojojin Boer. Injin yana aiki har yanzu, kuma Churchill da Frankland sun aika jirgin ƙasa zuwa Estcourt, inda ya isa lafiya.   Daga nan sai Churchill ya koma fagen fama don taimakawa Haldane wajen tsare Boers. Sauran sojojin da ke wurin sun yi ƙoƙarin kashe Boers, tare da wasu kaɗan suna gudanar da komawa Estcourt.  Sauran sojojin Biritaniya, Boers ne suka kama su.

## Bayan haka
Bayan da Boers suka kama jirgin mai sulke, sai suka ci gaba da tafiya kudu. A ranar 21 ga watan Nuwamba, sun yi gaba zuwa Estcourt, inda suka mamaye tsaunukan da ke kewayen birnin. Sojojin Birtaniya sun damu cewa Boers za su matsa kudu su mamaye Pietermaritzburg, kuma birnin ya fara gina gine-ginen ƙasa, da kuma kafa bindigogin sojan ruwa a kan tsaunukan da ke kusa.  Boers, a ƙarƙashin Janar Joubert, ya koma kudu, ya isa tuddai a wani yanki da ake kira Willow Grange. Walter Kitchener ya aika da sojoji daga gaba zuwa layin don dakatar da Boer gaba a ranar 23 ga watan Nuwamba, wanda ya haifar da yakin Willow Grange.  Yayin da yakin ya kasance asara, ya dakatar da Boer gaba, kuma Joubert ya janye sojojinsa a ranar 24 ga watan Nuwamba, ya yi ritaya zuwa Colenso. Buller da dakarun sa na agaji sun iso nan da nan, suka fara turawa zuwa Colenso da birnin Ladysmith da aka kewaye.

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