Yaƙin Silkaatsnek

**Yaƙin Silkaatsnek** (Afrikaans: Slag van Silkaatsnek, Turanci: Yaƙin Zilikat's (Silikat's, Uitval's ko Nitral's) Nek, ko **Yaƙin Silkaatsnek na Farko** )  ya kasance haɗin gwiwa ne na soja a cikin Anglo-Boer War a ranar 11 ga watan Yuli, 1900, a Silkats, da ke wucewa ta Prestentok. Boer guerrillas ƙarƙashin mataimakin kwamandan janar Koos de la Rey mamaki sojojin Birtaniya, ta yin amfani da wani sabon dabara na guerrilla maimakon yakar wani yanki na yaki.       A wannan rana ta 11 ga watan Yuli, 1900, Birtaniya ma sun sha fama da juye-juye guda biyu irin wannan, a yakin Dwarsvlei  a gundumar Krugersdorp da kuma a Onderstepoort, amma bayan 'yan kwanaki, a ranar 16 ga watan Yuli 1900, sun yi tir da harin Boer a yakin Witpoort a gabashin Pretoria. 

## Gabatarwa
Babban birnin Transvaal Pretoria ya faɗa hannun sojojin Birtaniya a ranar 5 ga watan Yuni 1900, kuma yakin Diamond Hill, ya yi yaƙi 16.&nbsp;kilomita gabas da Pretoria a ranakun 11 da 12 ga watan Yunin 1900 kuma sojojin Boer sun rasa rayukansu. Dakarun Boer da suka rage sun ɓace a arewacin tsaunin Magaliesberg, wanda ya ke arewa da Pretoria zuwa yamma. Tare da fuskar dutsen kudanci, zirga-zirga na iya ketare wannan kewayon ne kawai ta hanyar wucewa bakwai ko Neks, kamar Kommandonek, Olifantsnek da Silkaatsnek, na ƙarshen yana a 27&nbsp;km yamma da Pretoria. 

## (Na farko) Yaƙin Silkaatsnek, 11 ga watan Yuli 1900
Sojojin Boer 200 na De la Rey sun yi mamakin Royal Scots Grays da Lincolns a cikin hanyar dutsen U-shaped yawa, suna kai hari daga arewa inda Col. HR Roberts ba a sanya masu gadi ba. Kanar WP Alexander wanda ya yaɗa zango tare da dakarunsa a wani ɗan nesa bai zo wurin ceto ba, ta yadda Boers suka kashe 24, suka raunata 44, suka kama fursuna 198, ciki har da tawagar Scots Grays tare da kwamandan su Roberts, adjutant da kuma mutane 84 na rejist na Lincolnshire.   Sauran 'yan Burtaniya sun koma Pretoria. 

### Bayan haka
Filin Biritaniya Marshal Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ya zargi manyan hafsoshin (COs) na Scots Grays (Col. Alexander) da Lincolns (Col. Roberts), wanda ƙarshe su ya miƙa wuya ga De la Rey a Silkaatsnek kuma bai kasance a kwamitin binciken da aka gudanar a ranar l4 ga watan Yuli a Pretoria. An tsawatar da Col. Roberts saboda 'rashin yin taka-tsantsan na yau da kullum' da Col. Alexander saboda 'son yabo da matsayin soja' da kuma kasa ba da taimako.  

## Yaƙin Silkaatsnek na biyu, 2 ga watan Agusta 1900
Yaƙin Silkaatsnek na biyu wanda ba a san shi ba shi ne haɗin kai a wuri guda da aka yi yaƙi a ranar 2 ga watan Agusta, 1900, lokacin da Laftanar Janar Ian SM Hamilton da sojojinsa suka kai hari a Pretoria West Commando suna riƙe da wucewa a ƙarƙashin Kommandant Coetzee, a cikin kwamandan tun lokacin da De la Rey ya bar. Sojojin Biritaniya na sojojin 7.600 ƙarƙashin jagorancin Janar Hamilton sun kai farmaki daga kudu da kuma sojojin dawakai na 1700, ƙarƙashin jagorancin Brigadier Janar BT Mahon, daga arewa a cikin wani motsi na pincer, don haka raguwar garrison 300 zuwa 400 Boer burghers dole ne su ja da baya suka bar kekunansu. Kommandant Coetzee na cikin waɗanda aka kashe Boers, amma sauran sojojin sun tsere zuwa arewa.   

## Duba kuma

* Jerin yaƙe-yaƙe a Yaƙin Boer na Biyu

## Manazarta

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## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

* . Video duration 1m 52s. Uploader Mountain Passes South Africa, September 2015. View of Zilkaats Nek mountain pass on the R511 road from the air and the road.