Ben Biddle

**Benedict Benjamin Biddle** NZC (24 ga Oktoban shekarar 1843 - 10 ga Maris 1933) ya kasance ɗan sanda a cikin Armed Constablulary a lokacin Yaƙe-yaƙe na New Zealand . An ba shi lambar yabo ta New Zealand Cross saboda ayyukan jaruntakarsa a Ngātapa Pā, Gisborne, a watan Janairun 1869. Biddle na daga cikin na farko da ya karbi kyautar kuma shine na karshe daga cikin masu karɓa 23 da suka mutu.

## Asalin
An haifi Biddle a Auckland, New Zealand, a ranar 24 ga Oktoban shekarar 1843, ɗan sojan Ingila na yau da kullun, Edward Biddle, da matarsa Anne Leach . Biddles sun fito ne daga Alveston, Gloucestershire, Ingila, kafin su yi ƙaura a kan jirgin mazauna, *Katherine Stewart Forbes* a ranar 1 ga Fabrairun shekarar 1841, sun isa New Zealand a watan Yuni na wannan shekarar. Ben ya girma a bakin tekun Waitemata Harbour kuma ya yi aiki a kan kyaftin Jones a matsayin matashi, yana tafiya tsakanin Auckland da Bay of Plenty. Bayan lokacinsa a teku, ya yi aiki a gonar shanu inda ya shiga dawakai.

## Yaƙe-yaƙe na ƙasar New Zealand
Yayinda yake dan shekara 21, Biddle ya shiga cikin Sojojin mulkin mallaka na New Zealand a matsayin ɗan sanda a cikin 1st Division of the Armed Constabulary (Sojojin Soja). Ba da daɗewa ba ya ga aiki kuma ya shiga cikin rikice-rikice da yawa. A cewar Cowan: "Ya yi suna a cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na Hauhau saboda aikinsa da rashin kula da haɗari. Wani lokaci yana cikin matsala tare da jami'an soja waɗanda suka yi masa raini ta hanyar jahilci game da yaƙin daji ko kuma tsantsan su, amma lokacin da ake buƙatar maza don layin yaƙi kiran koyaushe ga Biddle da maza na irin sa. "

### Siege na Ngātapa
Bayan da aka ci su a Makaretu a ranar 3 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 1868, Te Kooti da mabiyansa sun janye zuwa wani tsohuwar Māori pā, mai suna Ngātapa, arewa maso yammacin Gisborne, inda suka tsaya a kan sojojin mulkin mallaka da kupapa (maori masu mulkin mallaka). Ngātapa dutse ne mai siffar ƙuƙwalwa guda ɗaya kuma yana da kusan ƙafa 2,000 tare da tsaunuka biyu masu kaifi a bangarorin da kuma ƙanƙanin dutse a bayan dutsen.

A ranar 5 ga watan Disamba, Major Wahawaha da Lieutenant Preece sun ba da umarnin yunkurin mamaye pā, amma ba su yi nasara ba saboda rashin harsashi da kuma ficewar mutane da yawa.

A ranar 24 ga watan Disamba, Kanal Whitmore ya tashi daga Patutahi tare da karfi da kuma shirya karfi na maza, gami da Armed Constabulary. A ranar 31 ga watan Disamba, mutanen Whitmore sun sami matsayi a kan wannan tudun kamar yadda pā yake kuma bayan kwana biyu, sun fara kai hari kan Ngātapa. Sojojin mulkin mallaka da kupapa sun yi ƙoƙari su karɓi pā amma mutanen Te Kooti sun yi nasarar rage su kuma Whitmore ya ba da umarnin harin bam a kan pā. Sojojin mulkin mallaka da kupapa suna da isasshen maza ne kawai don kewaye uku daga cikin bangarori huɗu na pā, amma sun yi imanin cewa wannan ya isa kamar yadda gefen na huɗu dutse ne mai tsawon mita 200 kuma ba zai yiwu sojojin Te Kooti su tsere a wannan hanyar ba.

A ƙarshen sa'o'i na 4 ga Janairu da farkon sa'o-i na 5 ga Janairu, Te Kooti da adadi mai yawa na jam'iyyarsa sun tsere ta hanyar ɗaure bargo da igiyoyi tare kuma sun bar kansu a cikin ɓangaren da ba a kula da shi ba. Bayan an kama pā kuma an fara ɗan gajeren bin, an cire wasu Hauhau, an harbe su kuma an kuma jefa su daga dutsen a saman Ngātapa. Te Kooti ya tsere kuma zai ci gaba da haifar da karin rikici ga sojojin mulkin mallaka.

Biddle ya ce:Don jaruntakarsa a lokacin da aka kewaye Ngatapa, a watan Janairun, 1869. An sanya bayan matsayin abokan gaba don harin a karkashin Manjo Fraser, wanda ya kunshi No. 1 da 3 Armed Constabulary da Hotene's Ngatiporous. Halin dama mai zurfi, a kan dutse mai tsawo, an ba da umarni daga ramukan bindigogi da aiki na abokan gaba, kuma an yi masauki ne kawai ta hanyar yanke wurin tsayawa tare da gatari. Maƙiya sun yi yunkurin tashi da yawa a kan wannan batu, kuma ya zama da wahala sosai a kula da matsayi - wanda ke da mahimmanci ga nasarar ayyukan. An sanya wani bangare na masu sa kai goma sha biyu a can, kuma sun yi nasara, tare da wasu asarar, wajen riƙe matsayi har zuwa ƙarshen kewaye, da kuma mayar da hare-hare da yawa. Ɗaya daga cikin sanannun jaruntakarsa shine Constable Biddle . 

## Aure da bayan yaƙi
Yayinda yake aiki a cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na ƙasa, Biddle ya auri wata mace Māori, Mauri Poiakino (Pakohai), wacce ta fito ne daga asalin Ngāi Tūhoe da Ngāti Pāhauwera. Mauri ta bi mijinta a wasu ayyukan soja, tana aiki a matsayin jagora da kuma dafa abinci.

Bayan yaƙe-yaƙe na ƙasa, Biddle da Mauri suna da babban iyali kuma suna zaune a Wainui a cikin Bay of Plenty, wani wuri mai ban mamaki kamar yadda Biddle's nemesis, Te Kooti, ya zauna kuma ya gina marae a can. Ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'yan Biddle, Robert (Rapata) Biddle ya zama minista da sakatare a cikin Cocin Ringatū, wanda Te Kooti ya kafa. Robert Biddle ya kuma tsara alamar Ringatū ko tambarin a cikin 1926. 

Kodayake Ben Biddle ya sami kansa ba tare da wasu manyan jami'ansa ba kuma ya fuskanci kotun soja a wani lokaci, ya sami kansa ta hanyar kiran bijiminsa mafi wahala *Lambert* bayan tsohon jami'insa mai wahala, Colonel Lambert.

Biddle ya mutu a Whakatāne a ranar 10 ga Maris 1933. Shi ne mai riƙe da Cross na New Zealand na ƙarshe.

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