Nhoroondo yezviitiko zveKrisimasi Truce kubva kuna Frank Richards

"Isu nemaGerman takasangana pakati penzvimbo yemunhu."

Frank Richards aive musoja weBritish akawana "Kirisimasi Truce". Isu tinobatana nenyaya yake mangwanani eKisimusi 1914:

“Mangwanani eKisimusi takanamatira bhodhi rakanyorwa kuti 'A Merry Christmas' pariri. Muvengi aive akanamira zvakafanana. Platoons dzimwe nguva aibuda kwemaawa makumi maviri nemana ekuzorora - raive zuva zvirinani kubva mugoronga uye ndokubvisa monotony zvishoma - uye platoon yangu yakanga yabuda nenzira iyi husiku hwapfuura, asi vashoma vedu takasara kumashure kuona zvaizoitika. Vaviri vevarume vedu vakabva varasa midziyo yavo ndokusvetukira pamukombero nemaoko avo pamusoro pemisoro yavo. Vaviri vemaGerman vakaita zvakafanana uye vakatanga kufamba vachikwira rwizi rwizi, varume vedu vaviri vachienda kunosangana navo. Vakasangana nekubatana maoko ndokubva tese tabuda mugoronga.

Buffalo Bill [Mutungamiriri weKambani] akamhanyira mugoronga uye akaedza kuzvidzivirira, asi akange anonoka: iyo Kambani yese yaive zvino yabuda, uye ndizvo zvakaita maGerman. Aifanira kubvuma mamiriro acho ezvinhu, saka munguva pfupi iye nevamwe vakuru vekambani vakabudawo. Isu nemaGerman takasangana pakati penzvimbo yemurume. Vakuru vavo vaive zvino vabuda. Machinda edu akachinjana kukwazisa navo. Mumwe wevakuru veGerman akataura kuti aishuvira kuve nekamera yekutora mufananidzo, asi havana kubvumidzwa kutakura makamera. Kunyange vatungamiriri vedu.

Isu takanyura mune zuva rese nemumwe. Vaive maSaxon uye vamwe vacho vaigona kutaura Chirungu. Nekutaridzika kwavo migero yavo yaive iri yakaipa mamiriro seyedu. Mumwe wevarume vavo, achitaura neChirungu, akataura kuti akashanda muBrighton kwemakore akati uye kuti akaguta kusvika mugotsi nehondo iyi yakatukwa uye angafara kana zvapera. Takamuudza kuti haasi iye ega aive akaguta nazvo. Isu hatina kuvatendera mumugero wedu uye ivo havana kutitendera mune yavo.

Iyo yeGerman Kambani-Mutungamiriri akabvunza Buffalo Bill kana aizogamuchira mashoma emabharaki edoro ndokumuvimbisa kuti havazoite kuti varume vake vadhakwe. Vaive nezvakawanda mubhawa. Akagamuchira kupihwa nekutenda uye varume vavo vaviri vakakungurutsa mabharaki pamusoro pedu uye isu ndokuenda navo mumugero wedu. Mukuru weGerman akatumira mumwe wevarume vake kudzokera mugoronga, uyo akaonekwa nguva pfupi yapfuura akatakura tireyi ine mabhodhoro nemagirazi pairi. Vakuru vemativi ese vakanamatira magirazi uye vakadhakana hutano hweumwe neumwe. Buffalo Bill yakanga yavaratidza plum pudding nguva yapfuura. Iwo mapurisa akasvika pakunzwisisa kuti chibvumirano chisiri chepamutemo chaizopera pakati pehusiku. Panguva dzemadekwana takadzokera kumaturu edu.

Mauto eBritain neGermany musanganise muNo Mans Land Krisimasi 1914

… Magaba maviri edoro akange adhakwa, uye mukuru weGerman aitaura chokwadi: dai zvaigoneka kuti murume anwe mabharaki maviri iye angadai akaputika asati adhakwa. Doro reFrance raive zvinhu zvakaora.

Kusvika pakati pehusiku isu tese takagadzira kuti tisatange kupfura ivo vasati vaita. Husiku paigara paine kupfura kwakawanda nemativi ese kana pasina mapato anoshanda kana patrols kunze. Mr.Richardson, wechidiki mukuru anga achangopinda Battalion uye anga ava mukuru webato mukambani yangu akanyora nhetembo panguva yehusiku nezve musangano weBritain neBosche munzvimbo isina-murume paZuva reKisimusi, izvo zvaakativerengera . Mazuva mashoma gare gare yakaburitswa mu The Times or Morning Post, Ndinotenda.

Panguva yose yeBo Boxing Day [zuva rakatevera Krisimasi] hatina kumbobvira tapfura, uye ivo vakafanana, rutivi rumwe rwakaita sokuti rwakamirira mumwe kuti aise bhora richivhara. Mumwe wevarume vavo akadanidzira muChirungu uye akabvunza kuti takafara sei doro. Takadanidzira zvakare ndokumuudza kuti yakanga isina simba asi kuti taive tichionga zvikuru. Takanga tichitaurirana uye tichipfuurira mukati mezuva rose.

Isu takazorodzwa manheru iwayo panguva yemanheru nechikwata cheumwe brigade. Isu takanga takashama kwazvo sezvo takange tisina kunzwa kwezevezeve kwechero zororo masikati. Isu takaudza varume avo vakatizorodza mashandisiro atakaita mazuva mashoma apfuura nemuvengi, uye vakatiudza kuti nezvavakaudzwa mauto ese eBritish mumutsara, nemumwe kana vaviri vakasara, vaive vanyura nemuvengi. Vakanga vangove kunze kwekuita ivo pachavo makumi mana nemasere maawa mushure mekuve nemazuva makumi maviri nemasere mumatanho epamberi. Ivo vakatiudzawo kuti vanhu veFrance vakanzwa mashandisiro atakaita Zuva reKisimusi uye tanga tichitaura zvese zvakashata nezveBritish Army. ”

References:
Iyi nhoroondo yezvioni inowanikwa kuRichards, Frank, Yekare Mauto Asingafi (1933); Keegan, John, Yekutanga Hondo Yenyika (1999); Simkins, Peter, Hondo Yenyika I, Western Western (1991).