ʻO ka moʻokākiʻike maka no ka Kalikimaka Mele Kalikimaka mai Frank Richards

"Ua hui mākou a me nā Kelemania ma waena o ka ʻāina kanaka ʻole."

He koa Pelekane ʻo Frank Richards i ʻike i ka "Christmas Truce". Hui mākou i kāna moʻolelo ma ke kakahiaka Kalikimaka 1914:

“Ma ke kakahiaka Kalikimaka ua paʻa mākou i kahi papa me 'A Mele Kalikimaka' ma luna. Ua kū ka ʻenemi i kahi like. Hele aku ʻo Platoons i kekahi manawa no ka hoʻomaha he iwakāluakūmāhā mau hola - he lā ia ma ka liʻiliʻi ma waho o ka ʻauwaha a hoʻomaha iki i ka monotony - a ua hele aku kaʻu platoon i kēia ala i ka pō ma mua, akā ua noho kekahi o mākou ma hope e ʻike i ka mea e hiki mai ana. Ua hoʻolei aku ʻelua o kā mākou kāne i kā lākou pono a lele i luna o ka pale me ko lākou mau lima ma luna o ko lākou poʻo. Hana like ʻelua o nā Kelemania i ka mea like a hoʻomaka i ka hele wāwae i ke kapa o ka muliwai, hele aku kā mākou mau kāne ʻelua e hālāwai me lākou. Ua hui lāua a lūlū lima a laila puka aku mākou i waho o ka ʻauwaha.

ʻO Buffalo Bill [ke Komikina Koa] holo wikiwiki i loko o ka ʻauwaha a hoʻāʻo e pale iā ia, akā ua lohi ʻo ia: ua hele i waho ka hui āpau, a pēlā pū nā Kelemania. Ua ʻae ʻo ia i ke kūlana, no laila ua piʻi pū ʻo ia a me nā luna o nā hui ʻē aʻe. Ua hui mākou a me nā Kelemania ma waena o ka ʻāina kanaka ʻole. ʻO kā lākou mau luna i waho i kēia manawa. Ua kūkaʻi kā mākou mau luna i ke aloha me lākou. Ua ʻōlelo kekahi o nā luna Kelemania ua makemake ʻo ia e loaʻa iā ia kahi kāmela e paʻi kiʻi ai, akā ʻaʻole lākou i ʻae ʻia e lawe i nā kāmela. ʻAʻole nō hoʻi nā luna o mākou.

Mucked mākou i ka lā holoʻokoʻa me kekahi. He Sākona lākou a hiki i kekahi o lākou ke ʻōlelo Pelekania. Ma ka nānā ʻana o lākou i ko lākou mau ʻauwaha i loko o kahi kūlana maikaʻi ʻole e like me kā mākou. ʻO kekahi o kā lākou mau kāne, e kamaʻilio ana i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hana ʻo ia ma Brighton no kekahi mau makahiki a ua hānai ʻia ʻo ia i ka ʻāʻī me kēia kaua kūamuamu a e hauʻoli ana i ka pau ʻana. Ua haʻi mākou iā ia ʻaʻole ʻo ia wale nō ka mea i māona pū me ia. ʻAʻole mākou i ʻae iā lākou i loko o kā mākou ʻauwaha a ʻaʻole lākou i ʻae iā mākou i kā lākou.

Ua noi aku ka Hui Kelemania Kelemania iā Buffalo Bill inā e ʻae ʻo ia i ʻelua mau barela pia a hōʻoia iā ia ʻaʻole lākou e ʻona i kāna mau kāne. Nui a lākou ia mea i ka hale kūʻai. Ua ʻae ʻo ia i ka hāʻawi me ka mahalo a me kekahi o kā lākou mau kāne i ʻōwili i nā pahu a lawe mākou iā lākou i loko o kā mākou ʻauwaha. Hoʻouna hou ka luna Kelemania i kekahi o kāna mau kānaka i ka ʻauwaha, a kū koke ma hope o ka hāpai ʻana i kahi pā me nā ʻōmole a me nā aniani. ʻO nā luna o nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua ua kīloi i nā aniani a inu kekahi i ke olakino o kekahi. Ua hāʻawi aku ʻo Buffalo Bill iā lākou i kahi pudding plum ma mua wale nō. Ua hoʻomaopopo nā luna i ka pau ʻana o ke kuikahi mana ʻole i ke aumoe. I ka pō ahiahi hoʻi mākou i kā mākou mau ʻauwaha.

ʻO nā pūʻali Pelekania a me Kelemānia e hoʻohui i ka No Mans Land Nā 1914 Noʻonoʻo

… Ua inu nā barela pia ʻelua, a ua pololei ka luna Kelemania: inā hiki i ke kanaka ke inu i nā barela ʻelua inā ua haki ʻo ia ma mua o kona ʻona ʻana. He palaho ka pia Palani.

Ma mua o ke aumoe ua hana mākou a pau ʻaʻole e hoʻomaka i ke kī ʻana ma mua o kā lākou hana ʻana. I ka pō nui mau ke kī ʻana o nā kī ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua inā ʻaʻohe pāʻina hana a patrol paha i waho. ʻO Mr. Richardson, kahi luna ʻōpio i komo wale i ka Battalion a i kēia manawa he luna platoon i kaʻu ʻoihana i kākau i kahi mele i ka pō e pili ana i ka Briton a me ka hui ʻana o Bosche ma ka ʻāina kanaka ʻole ma ka lā Kalikimaka, āna i heluhelu mai ai iā mākou . I kekahi mau lā ma hope ua paʻi ʻia ma The Times or Morning Post, Hilinaʻi wau.

I loko o ka piha o ka Hui Kuikahi [ka lā ma hope o ka Mele Kalikimaka] ʻaʻole mākou i pana i ka pana, aʻo lākou hoʻokahi, ua like nāʻaoʻao a pau e kali ana i ka mea'ē aʻe e hoʻolālā i ka'ōleʻa. ʻO kekahi o kā lākou mau kāne i kāhea aku ma ka 'ōlelo Pelekane a nīnau i keʻano o kā mākou hauʻoli i ka pia. Ua ho'ōho mākou i hope a haʻi aku iā ia he nāwaliwali loa ia akā ua mahalo nui mākou no ia. Hele mākou i kahi a ma ka manawa a pau o ka lā.

Ua hōʻoluʻolu ʻia mākou i kēlā ahiahi i ka wā ahiahi e kahi bataliona o kekahi brigade. Pīhoihoi loa mākou i ka lohe ʻole ʻana i kahi hawanawana o ke kōkua ma ke ao. Ua haʻi mākou i nā kāne i hoʻomaha mai iā mākou pehea mākou i hala ai i nā lā ʻelua i hala me ka ʻenemi, a ua haʻi lākou iā mākou i ka mea i haʻi ʻia iā lākou i ka pūʻali koa Pelekania āpau, me hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha mau ʻokoʻa, ua komo i loko. me ka ʻenemi. ʻAʻole lākou i hana iki iā lākou iho he kanahākūmāwalu mau hola ma hope o ka iwakāluakūmāwalu mau lā i nā ʻauwaha laina mua. Ua haʻi pū lākou iā mākou ua lohe ka poʻe Palani pehea mākou i hoʻolilo ai i ka Lā Kalikimaka a e ʻōlelo ana i nā mea maikaʻi ʻole e pili ana i ka pūʻali koa Pelekania. "

E hoʻomaopopo ':
ʻO kēiaʻikeʻikeʻikeʻike i hōʻikeʻia ma Richards, Frank, nā koa kahiko i makeʻole (1933); Keegan, John, Ke Kaua Mua Mua (1999); ʻO Simkins, Peter, ke Kaua Honua Mua, ke Kiʻekiʻe Komohana (1991).