Kewaye Saati

**Kewaye Saati** shi ne yakin farko na Yaƙin Italo da Habasha na 1887-1889 tsakanin sojojin mulkin mallaka na Italiya da sojojin Habasha.

## Tarihi
A cikin shekarar 1885 Italiya ta mamaye tashar jiragen ruwa na Massawa ta Eritrea, sannan a hannun Masar, kuma ta mai da ita tushe don faɗaɗa cikin ƙasa na gaba.  Babu makawa, sha'awar Italiya ta ci karo da na daular Habasha da ke makwabtaka da ita wacce ta daɗe tana nufin wata hanyar shiga Tekun Bahar Maliya. Koyaya, ba kamar sauran ƙasashen Turai ba, Italiya ta ɗauki matakai a hankali na kutsawa cikin yankin Eritrea. A gaskiya ma, garin Saati, mai nisan kilomita 28 daga Massawa, kamfanoni biyu ne da Manjo Giovanni Boretti ya ba da umarnin 300 Bashi-bazouk, kawai a ranar 14 ga watan Janairu 1887. Daga nan sai Italiyawa suka kafa kansu a kan wani tudu, suka gina wani ƙaramin kagara a kansa. Bayan kwana huɗu Ras Alula ya rubuta wa Boretti yana cewa mutanen da ke Saati su yi watsi da matsayinsu. A ranar 24 ga watan Janairu, kimanin 'yan Habasha 20,000 ƙarƙashin jagorancin Ras Alula sun yi sansani a tazarar kilomita 5 daga kagaran Saati. 

## Yaƙi
Da wayewar gari ranar 25 ga watan Janairu, an tura wani sintiri ƙarƙashin jagorancin Laftanar Federico Cuomo, daga Messina, don leken asiri zuwa sansanin Habasha, amma sun yi mamaki da aka kai wa Italiya hari kuma an tilasta wa Italiyan mafaka a sansanin bayan wani mummunan tashin hankali. A halin da ake ciki Boretti ya fahimci yunkurin Habasha na kewaye matsayi na Italiya don haka ya fara bama-bamai sojojin abokan gaba a ƙasa.

Da tsakar rana kuma wani sintiri ya ga wasu sojojin na Abyssiyan da suka ga an fallasa su, suka far wa katangar da dama. Lokacin da makiya suka kai mita 300 daga katangar, sai Italiyawa suka buɗe wuta. Harin dai ya ɗauki kimanin sa'o'i huɗu ne, daga bisani kuma 'yan Habashan suka janye saboda hasarar da suka yi.

### Tsarin yaƙi na Italiya

* Kamfanin 9th na 6th Infantry Regiment
* Kamfani na 10 na runduna ta 7th Infantry Regiment
* Wani sashe na Kamfanin 1st na 17th Artillery Rgt
* 6 buluc na Bashi-bazouk

## Bayan haka
Yakin ya yi sanadin mutuwar 'yan Italiya 2 (ɗaya daga cikinsu Laftanar Cuomo)  2 sun ji rauni, a cikin Basci-bazouk 3 uku sun mutu, 1 ya jikkata, 5 kuma sun ɓace. A wannan maraice Boretti ya aika da sako zuwa ga sansanin Moncullo inda ya nemi taimakon gaggawa, harsashi da abinci. Daga Moncullo da safiyar ranar 26 ga watan Janairu ginshiƙin ƙarƙashin jagorancin Laftanar Kanar Tommaso De Cristoforis ya tashi don ceto Boretti kuma sojojin Ras Alula da ke kusa da Dogali suka far musu tare da lalata su.

Idan aka yi la’akari da halin da ake ciki, Manjo Boretti ba shi da wani zaɓi illa ya yi watsi da katangar Saati, wanda ya yi a yammacin ranar 27 ga watan Janairu, ya isa Moncullo da wayewar gari, ba tare da sojojin abokan gaba sun gan shi ba. Sa'an nan Italiyawa sun mamaye Saati na dindindin a cikin watan Maris 1887.

## Bayanan littattafai

* Camillo Antona-Traversi, *Sahati da Dogali: 25 da 26 Janairu 1887*, Rome, Pallotta Brothers Typography, 1887.
* Bahru Zewde, *Tarihin Habasha ta zamani - daga 1855 zuwa 1974*, Nazarin Gabashin Afirka, (ed 2nd. 1999), London, 1991, shafi na 244
* Haggai Erlich, *Ras Alula da cramble for Africa - Tarihin siyasa: Ethiopia & Eritrea 1875-1897*, First Red Sea Press, Lawrenceville (NJ), Asmara, 1996, 223 p.
* Emilio Faldella, *Storia degli eserciti italiani*, Bramante editrice, 1976.
* Guy Goddefroid, "L'Italie et l'Éthiopie", bitar jigogin *Vae Victis*, fitowa ta lamba. 4, Lokacin hunturu 2008
* Harold G. Marcus, *Rayuwa da Zamanin Menelik II: Habasha 1844-1913*, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1975, shafi na 298
* Raphaël Schneider, “Adoua, 1896”, *Champs de Bataille* bita, fitowar no. 24, Oktoba-Nuwamba 2008 

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