ʻO ka mea i ola hope loa i ka pôpeku ʻāina ʻole kanaka i make i ka lā 22 Iulai, 2001, 106 ona mau makahiki.
ʻO nā koa kahiko, ʻōlelo lākou, ʻaʻole make, mae wale lākou. ʻO Bertie Felstead kahi ʻokoʻa. ʻO kona nui, ʻo ia ka nui o kona kaulana. ʻOi aku iā ia ma kahi o 100 mau makahiki, a ua hoʻoluhi ʻia ʻo ia i hale hānai ma Gloucester, i ka manawa i hāʻawi ʻia ai iā ia e ka Pelekikena Jacques Chirac e ka French Légion d'Honneur. Ma luna o 105 ia i kona lilo ʻana i kāne ʻelemakule ma Pelekane. A ma ia manawa ua ʻoi aku kona kaulana ma ke ʻano he mea pakele wale nō o nā kuʻikahi Kalikimaka kū wale i kū ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana i ka wā o ke kaua honua mua. Kakaʻikahi nā hanana wā kaua ke kumu o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa a me nā kaʻao.
ʻO Mr. Felstead, he Londoner a ma ia manawaʻo kahi māla kūʻai kūʻai, ua hāʻawiʻo ia no ka lawelawe ma 1915. Ma hope mai i ia makahiki nō, ua komoʻo ia i ka lua, a me ka hope loa o nā kālepa Kalikimaka i kahi kokoke i ke kauhale o Laventie ma ka'ākau o Farani. ʻO iaʻo ia i kahi manawa i ka Royal Welch Fusiliers, ka hoʻomalu o Robert Graves, ka mea kākau o kekahi o nā puke ikaika loa e pili ana i kēlā kaua, "Alohaʻoe i kēlā mea a pau". E like me kā Mr Felstead i hoʻomanaʻo ai, ua hoʻomauʻia ka maluhia ma luna o ka Pōʻakolu Kalikimaka mai nā lālaniʻenemi. Ma laila i mele ai nā koa ma ka'ōlelo Kelemānia,ʻo ka hymns "Ar Hyd y Nos". Ua hāpaiʻia ko lākou mele a me ka mahalo nuiʻia o ke kūlana o ka regiment e kū'ē ana iā lākou i nā koina e pili ana i ka 100 mika mai kahi'ē aku, a ua pane akuʻo Royal Welch Fusiliers ma o ke mele "Good King Wenceslas".
Ma hope o kahi pō o ke mele mele ʻana, hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Mr. Felstead, ua ulu a nui ka manaʻo o ke aloha a i ka wanaʻao, ua hele wale nā pūʻali koa Bavarian a me Pelekane mai kā lākou auwaha. Ke hoʻōho nei i ke aloha e like me "Hello Tommy" a me "Hello Fritz" ua lulu lima lākou i ka ʻāina no-man, a laila hāʻawi kekahi i kekahi i nā makana. Hāʻawi ʻia ka pia Kelemania, nā sausages a me nā mahiole spiked, a i pānaʻi ʻia paha, i uku no ka pipi bipi, nā biscuits a me nā pihi tunika.
He pāʻani holoʻokoʻa'ē aʻe
ʻO ka pāʻani a lākou e pāʻani ai, ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Mr Felstead, kahi ʻano soccer. “ʻAʻole ia he pāʻani e like me kēlā, ʻoi aku ka kik-a a me ka manuahi. Aia paha he 50 ma kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao no nā mea āpau aʻu e ʻike. Pāʻani wau no ka mea makemake nui au i ka pôpeku. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu ka lōʻihi o kona holo ʻana, hapalua hola paha ia. ” A laila, e like me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana o kekahi o nā Fusiliers iā ia, ua hoʻokau ʻia ka leʻaleʻa e kahi kuhina nui Pelekane e kauoha ana i kāna mau kāne e hoʻi i loko o nā ʻauwaha a me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana iā lākou aia lākou ma laila "e hakakā me nā Hun, ʻaʻole e launa pū me lākou. ”.
ʻO kēia kōkuaʻana i kākoʻo i ka moʻolelo hoʻomanaʻo o Marxist, i'ōleloʻia i loko o ka meleʻo "Oh, What a War War!",ʻO nā koa koa ma nāʻaoʻaoʻelua ua makemake wale no ka maluhiaʻole a ua hauʻoli paha a ua koiʻia e hakakā e nā luna kiaʻi i ka hoihoi o ka haumāna. ʻO ka meaʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻomaka nā luna ma nāʻaoʻaoʻelua i nā'āpana no ka Kalikimaka ma ka 1915 a me ka loiloi nui ma 1914. Ma hope o ka haʻiʻana eʻoluʻolu i nā'ōlelo o ka hopena, nui nā luna i hui pū me kaʻenemi e like me ka ikaika o kā lākou mau kāne.
I kāna moʻolelo o nā truces, ua wehewehe ʻo Robert Graves i ke kumu. "ʻAʻole i ʻae ʻo kaʻu battalion iā ia iho e loaʻa i nā manaʻo politika e pili ana i ka poʻe Kelemania. ʻO ka hana a ke koa koa ʻoiai e hakakā me ka mea a ke Aliʻi i kauoha aku ai iā ia e hakakā ... ʻO ka Christmas Fraternisation, kahi o ka Battalion i waena o ka poʻe mua e komo, ua like ka maʻalahi o ka ʻoihana: ʻaʻohe hiatus manaʻo, kēia, akā he wahi maʻamau o ka pūʻali koa. kuʻuna — kahi kuʻina o ka ʻoluʻolu ma waena o nā luna o nā pūʻali kūʻē. ”
Wahi a Bruce Bairns makua, kekahi o nā koa kaulana loa o ke kaua honua mua,ʻo nā Tommies i like me ke poʻo hina. ʻOiai, ua kākauʻo ia,ʻaʻohe inaina o ka inaina ma kēlāʻaoʻao kēiaʻaoʻao i loko o kēia mau loiloi, "akā naʻe, ma ko mākouʻaoʻao,ʻaʻole no ka manawa pōkole ka makemake e lanakila i ke kaua a makemake e paʻi iā lākou. He like ia me ka manawa ma waena o nā pāʻani ma kahi hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū aloha. "
ʻO nā moʻolelo o ka wā Pelekane he nui o nā truces kōkua i ka scotch i kekahi kaʻao ʻē aʻe: ua mālama ka mana i nā ʻike āpau o ka fraternisation mai ka lehulehu ma ka home o hōʻino ʻia ka morale. ʻO nā nūpepa Pelekane a me nā makasina kaulana i paʻi ʻia i nā kiʻi a me nā kaha kiʻi o nā koa Kelemania a me Pelekane e hoʻolauleʻa pū nei i ka Kalikimaka ma ka ʻāina kanaka ʻole.
He ʻoiaʻiʻo nō naʻe, ʻaʻole i hana hou ʻia nā kuʻina Kalikimaka i nā makahiki hope o ke kaua. Na 1916 a me 1917 ka luku luhi ʻole ʻana o kahi kaua hoʻowalewale i hoʻokahuahua loa i ka inaina ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua a ʻo nā hālāwai aloha i ka ʻāina kanaka ʻole kahi i noʻonoʻo ʻole ʻia, ʻoiai ma Kalikimaka.
ʻO Mr. Felstead kekahi o ka poʻe hanohano loa o nā Tommies. Ua hoʻiʻo ia i ka home no ka hoʻomaha maʻi ma hope o kaʻehaʻana ma ka hoʻouka kaua o ka Something in 1916 akā ua loaʻa hou i ka lawaʻana no ka lawelaweʻana i nāʻoihana'ē aʻe. Ua hoʻounaʻiaʻo ia i Salonika, kahi i loaʻa aiʻo ia i ka maʻi maʻi nui a ma hope iho, ma hope o kaʻike houʻana o ka ho'ōla houʻana i Blighty, hoʻokau akula i nā mahina hope loa o ke kaua ma Farani.
Ma hope o kona kohoʻana, ua alakaʻiʻo ia i ke ola me ka nani o ke ola. ʻO ka lōʻihi wale ka hopena o kona pouli. Ua papaʻiʻia nā mea kākau a me nā nūpepa e naneele, a me ka hauʻoli, e komo ana i loko o kahi moʻolelo loea i hoʻopauʻia e ke ola i nā kenekuliaʻekolu. Ua'ōleloʻo ia iā lākou,ʻo nā Pakeha a pau, a me nā'ōlelo Beritania a me nā German, pono lākou e hoaaloha.
