Nkhani yodzionera maso a Khirisimasi kuchokera ku Frank Richards

"Ife ndi Ajeremani tinakumana pakati pa malo opanda anthu."

Frank Richards anali msirikali waku Britain yemwe adakumana ndi "Khrisimasi Truce". Timalumikizana ndi nkhani yake m'mawa wa Khrisimasi wa 1914:

"M'mawa wa Khrisimasi tidakweza bolodi ndi 'Khrisimasi Yachimwemwe' pamenepo. Mdani anali atafanana. Ma Platoon nthawi zina amapita kukapuma maola makumi awiri mphambu anayi - linali tsiku osachepera ngalande ndikumasula pang'ono - ndipo gulu langa lankhondo lidatuluka motere usiku wapitawu, koma ochepa a ife tidatsalira kuti tiwone zomwe zingachitike. Awiri mwa amuna athu kenako adataya zida zawo ndikudumpha padenga ndi manja awo pamwamba pamutu pawo. Awiri aku Germany adachitanso zomwezo ndikuyamba kuyenda m'mbali mwa mtsinjewo, amuna athu awiri kuti apite kukakumana nawo. Adakumana ndikugwirana chanza kenako tonse tidatuluka mchimbudzi.

Bill Buffalo [Mtsogoleri wa Kampani] anathamangira m'ngalande ndikuyesetsa kuti aipewe, koma anali atachedwa: Kampani yonse inali itatuluka, momwemonso aku Germany. Anayenera kuvomereza izi, posakhalitsa iye ndi oyang'anira kampani ina nawonso adatuluka. Ife ndi Ajeremani tinakumana pakati pa malo opanda aliyense. Oyang'anira awo nawonso anali kunja. Akuluakulu athu adapereka moni nawo. M'modzi mwa apolisi aku Germany adati akufuna kuti akhale ndi kamera kuti ajambule, koma saloledwa kunyamula makamera. Ngakhale maofesala athu sanali.

Tidakondana tsiku lonse wina ndi mnzake. Iwo anali a Saxon ndipo ena a iwo amatha kulankhula Chingerezi. Mwa mawonekedwe awo ngalande zawo zinali zoyipa ngati zathu. M'modzi mwa amuna awo, olankhula Chingerezi, adanena kuti adagwira ntchito ku Brighton kwazaka zingapo ndipo adadyetsedwa mpaka m'khosi ndi nkhondoyi ndipo angasangalale ikadzatha. Tidamuuza kuti si iye yekha amene adatopa nazo. Sitinawalole kuti alowe m'ngalande yathu ndipo sanatilole kuti tikhale nawo.

Woyang'anira Kampani yaku Germany adafunsa Buffalo Bill ngati angavomere mbiya zingapo za mowa ndikumutsimikizira kuti sangapangitse amuna ake kuledzera. Iwo anali nazo zochuluka mu moŵa. Adavomera izi ndikuthokoza ndipo amuna awo angapo adagubuduza migoloyo ndipo tinawatengera mu ngalande yathu. Wapolisi waku Germany adatumiza m'modzi mwa anyamata ake kubwerera m'ngalande, yemwe adawonekera atangonyamula tray yokhala ndi mabotolo ndi magalasi. Oyang'anira mbali zonse ziwiri adalumikiza magalasi ndikumwa wina ndi mnzake. Buffalo Bill anali atawapatsa ma plum pudding kale. Akuluakuluwo adazindikira kuti chikondwererocho chidzatha pakati pausiku. Madzulo tinabwerera kunjira zathu.

Asilikali a Britain ndi Germany kusanganikirana kudziko la No Mans Khirisimasi 1914

… Migolo iwiri ya mowa inali italedzera, ndipo msilikali waku Germany anali kulondola: ngati zikanakhala zotheka kuti munthu amwe mbiya ziwirizo iye akanaphulika asanaledzere. Mowa waku France anali zinthu zowola.

Patatsala pang'ono pakati pausiku tonsefe tinaganiza zoyamba kuwombera iwo asanachite. Usiku kunkakhala kuwombera kokwanira mbali zonse ziwiri ngati kulibe magulu ogwira ntchito kapena oyang'anira kunja. A Richardson, msungwana wachichepere yemwe anali atangolowa kumene ku Battalion ndipo tsopano anali woyang'anira gulu mu kampani yanga adalemba ndakatulo usiku wonena za msonkhano waku Briton ndi Bosche pamalo opanda anthu pa Tsiku la Khrisimasi, womwe adatiwerengera . Patatha masiku angapo idasindikizidwa mu The Times or Masana Akummawa, Ndimakhulupirira.

Pa tsiku lonse la Boxing [tsiku lotsatira Khrisimasi] sitinathenso kuwombera, ndipo iwo amodzimodzi, mbali iliyonse ikuwoneka kuti ikudikirira wina kuti aike mpirawo. Mmodzi mwa amuna awo anafuula m'Chingelezi ndipo anafunsa momwe tinasangalalira mowa. Tinayimba mobwerezabwereza ndikumuuza kuti anali wofooka koma kuti tinayamikira kwambiri. Tinkakambirana ndi kupitilira tsiku lonse.

Tinakhazika mtima pansi usiku womwewo ndi gulu lankhondo lina. Tinadabwa kwambiri chifukwa sitinamvepo zonong'oneza patsiku lililonse. Tidawauza amuna omwe adatitsitsimutsa momwe tidakhalira masiku angapo apitawo ndi adani, ndipo adatiuza kuti ndi zomwe adauzidwa asitikali ankhondo onse aku Britain omwe ali pamzerewu, kupatula m'modzi kapena awiri, adalowa ndi mdani. Iwo anali atangokhala osachita nawo okha maola makumi anayi ndi asanu ndi atatu atakhala masiku makumi awiri mphambu zisanu ndi zitatu m'mizere yakutsogolo. Anatiuzanso kuti anthu aku France adamva momwe tidayendera Tsiku la Khrisimasi ndipo amalankhula zoyipa zilizonse zokhudzana ndi gulu lankhondo la Britain. ”

Zothandizira:
Nkhani yowona masoyo ikuwoneka ku Richards, Frank, Kale Nkhondo Zomwe Sizifa (1933); Keegan, John, Nkhondo Yoyamba Padziko Lonse (1999); Simkins, Peter, Nkhondo Yadziko Yonse, Western Front (1991).