Kev Pom Kev Tshaj Tawm ntawm Christmas Kev Tuaj los ntawm Frank Richards

"Peb thiab tus German tau ntsib nyob nruab nrab ntawm qhov tsis muaj tus neeg-thaj av."

Frank Richards yog tub rog Askiv uas tau paub txog “Christmas Truce”. Peb koom nrog nws zaj dab neeg txog Christmas sawv ntxov 1914:

“Hnub Christmas yav sawv ntxov peb tau teeb ib daim txiag ntoo nrog 'A Christmas Zoo Siab' rau nws. Cov yeeb ncuab tau lo ib yam zoo li ntawd. Platoons qee zaum yuav tawm mus rau nees nkaum plaub teev 'so - nws yog ib hnub tsawg kawg tawm ntawm trench thiab relieved cov monotony me ntsis - thiab kuv platoon tau ploj mus nyob hauv txoj kev no hmo ua ntej, tab sis ob peb ntawm peb nyob tom qab saib dab tsi yuav tshwm sim. Ob tug ntawm peb cov txiv neej mam li muab lawv cov khoom pov tseg thiab dhia saum tus parapet nrog lawv txhais tes saum taub hau. Ob ntawm tus neeg German tau ua ib yam thiab pib taug kev los txog ntawm ntug dej, peb ob tug txiv neej mus ntsib lawv. Lawv tau sib ntsib thiab sib tuav tes thiab tom qab ntawd peb txhua tus tau tawm hauv trench.

Tsiaj Bill [lub Tuam Txhab] rushed rau hauv trench thiab sim tiv thaiv nws, tab sis nws tau lig dhau lawm: tag nrho ntawm Lub Tuam Txhab tau tam sim no tawm, thiab yog li cov neeg German. Nws yuav tsum lees txais qhov xwm txheej, tsis ntev nws thiab lwm tus neeg ua haujlwm hauv tuam txhab tau nce siab ib yam nkaus. Peb thiab tus German tau sib ntsib hauv nruab nrab tsis muaj ib tus neeg-thaj av. Lawv cov tub ceev xwm kuj tseem tuaj. Peb cov tub ceev xwm tau sib tham nrog lawv. Ib tug ntawm cov tub ceev xwm German hais tias nws xav tias nws muaj lub koob thaij duab los thaij duab, tab sis lawv tsis muaj cai nqa lub koob yees duab. Tsis yog peb cov tub ceev xwm.

Peb mucked nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov hnub nrog ib leeg. Lawv yog Saxons thiab qee qhov lawv tuaj yeem hais lus Askiv. Los ntawm saib ntawm lawv lub trenches tau nyob hauv lub xeev tsis zoo raws li peb tus kheej. Ib tug ntawm lawv cov txiv neej, hais lus Askiv, tau hais tias nws tau ua haujlwm hauv Brighton tau qee xyoo thiab tias nws tau pub zaub mov rau lub caj dab nrog qhov kev ua tsov rog tshwj xeeb no thiab yuav zoo siab thaum muaj thoob plaws. Peb tau hais rau nws tias nws tsis yog tus tsuas yog ib tug uas tau ntog nrog nws. Peb tsis pub lawv nyob hauv trench thiab lawv tsis pub peb hauv lawv li.

Lub Tuam Txhab Tuam Txhab-Thawj Coj tau nug Buffalo Bill yog tias nws yuav lees txais ob peb npias ntawm npias thiab lees paub nws tias lawv yuav tsis ua rau nws tus txiv neej qaug cawv. Lawv tau muaj ntau ntawm nws hauv lub npias ເບຍ. Nws tau lees txais qhov kev ua tsaug nrog thiab ob peb tus txiv neej tau dov lub thoob dej thiab peb tau coj mus rau hauv peb lub trench. Tus tub ceev xwm hauv German xa ib qho ntawm nws tus txiv neej rov qab mus rau hauv lub trench, uas tshwm sim sai sai tom qab nqa lub tais nrog lub fwj thiab tsom iav ntawm nws. Cov tub ceev xwm ntawm ob tog looj tsom iav thiab haus ib leeg lub neej kev noj qab haus huv. Bill Buffalo tau nthuav tawm lawv nrog lub plhu taub hau plum ua ntej. Cov neeg khiav dej num tau nkag siab tias qhov kev tawm tsam tsis raws cai yuav xaus rau thaum ib tag hmo. Thaum tsaus ntuj zuag peb tau rov qab mus rau tom peb lub tsev pheeb suab.

British thiab German pab tub rog mingle nyob rau hauv tsis muaj Mans Av Christmas 1914

… Ob lub khob cawv ntawm npias tau haus cawv, thiab tus tub ceev xwm German hais yog lawm: yog tias tus txiv neej tau haus ob lub khob cawv rau nws tus kheej nws yuav tawg ua ntej nws tau qaug cawv. Fab Kis npias yog cov cov khoom lwj.

Ua ntej ib tag hmo peb txhua tus tau tsim nws kom tsis txhob tau pib ua haujlwm ua ntej lawv tau ua. Hmo ntuj yeej muaj kev kub nyhiab ntau ntawm ob tog yog tias tsis muaj cov tog neeg ua haujlwm lossis cov neeg ua haujlwm sab nraud tawm mus. Mr Richardson, tus tub ceev xwm tshiab uas nyuam qhuav koom nrog Pab Pawg (Battalion) thiab tam sim no nws yog tus thawj tub ceev xwm hauv kuv lub tuam txhab sau paj huam thaum hmo ntuj txog Briton thiab Bosche lub rooj sib tham tsis muaj neeg nyob rau hnub Christmas, uas nws nyeem rau peb Cov. Ob peb hnub tom qab nws tau luam tawm hauv lub sij hawm or Morning Post, Kuv ntseeg.

Lub sij hawm tag nrho ntawm Boxing Day [hnub tom qab Christmas] peb yeej tsis tau raug rho tawm haujlwm, thiab lawv tib yam, txhua tus neeg pom tau tos lwm tus los teeb lub npas a-rolling. Ib tug ntawm lawv cov txiv neej qw nrov nyob rau hauv lus Askiv thiab nug li cas peb tau nyiam lub npias. Peb tau qw qw thiab hais rau nws tias nws tsis muaj zog tab sis hais tias peb muaj kev ris txiaj rau nws. Peb tau sib tham thiab nyob rau lub sij hawm tag nrho ntawm lub hnub.

Hmo ntawd thaum tsaus ntuj ziab ntawm ib pab tub rog ntawm lwm pab pawg tuaj. Peb tau xav tsis thoob vim peb tau hnov ​​tsis muaj kev luag ntxhi rau thaum nruab hnub. Peb tau hais rau cov txiv neej ua rau peb paub tias peb tau siv ob hnub kawg nrog yeeb ncuab, thiab lawv tau hais rau peb tias los ntawm qhov lawv tau hais tag nrho ntawm cov tub rog Askiv nyob hauv kab, nrog rau ib lossis ob qhov kev zam, tau mucked hauv nrog yeeb ncuab. Lawv tau tsuas yog tau tawm ntawm kev ua lawv tus kheej plaub caug-yim teev tom qab tau nees nkaum-yim hnub nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej txoj kab trenches. Lawv kuj tau qhia peb tias cov neeg Fabkis tau hnov ​​txog li cas peb tau siv Christmas Day thiab tau hais txog txhua yam tsis zoo ntawm Kev Tshawb Fawb Tebchaws Askiv. "

References:
Tus neeg tim khawv no tshwm sim nyob rau hauv Richards, Frank, Cov Tub Rog Tub Rog Tsis Txaus Siab (1933); Keegan, John, Thawj Tsov Rog Thoob Ntiaj Teb (1999); Simkins, Petus, Lub Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog I, Sab Hnub Poob (1991).