I-akhawunti yokuzibonela nge-Christmas Truce evela kuFrank Richards

"Thina namaJamani sadibana embindini womhlaba."

UFrank Richards wayelijoni lase-Bhritane eliye lafumana "iTruce yeKrisimesi". Sijoyina ibali lakhe ngentsasa yeKrisimesi ka-1914:

“Ngentsasa yeKrisimesi sabamba ibhodi 'ngeKrisimesi emnandi' kuyo. Utshaba lwalunamathele okufanayo. Iplatoon ngamanye amaxesha zaziphuma ziye kuphumla iiyure ezingamashumi amabini anesine- ibiyimini ubuncinci ukuphuma emseleni kwaye ikhulule i-monotony kancinci-kwaye iplatoon yam yayiphume ngale ndlela kubusuku obudlulileyo, kodwa bambalwa kuthi bahlala ngasemva ukubona ukuba kuzakwenzeka ntoni. Amadoda ethu amabini emva koko azilahla izixhobo zawo kwaye atsibela kumgaqo ophakamileyo ngezandla zawo ngaphezulu kweentloko zawo. Ababini baseJamani benze okufanayo kwaye baqala ukuhamba benyuka elunxwemeni lomlambo, amadoda ethu amabini eza kuwahlangabeza. Badibana baxhawulana emva koko saphuma sonke emseleni.

I-Buffalo Bill [Umlawuli weNkampani] wabalekela emseleni wazama ukuwuthintela, kodwa wayemde kakhulu: yonke iNkampani ngoku yayiphumile, namaJamani ngokunjalo. Kwakufuneka ayamkele le meko, kungekudala ke yena namanye amagosa enkampani benyuka nabo. Thina namaJamani sadibana embindini womhlaba. Amagosa abo nawo ngoku ebekhutshiwe. Amagosa ethu atshintshe umbuliso nawo. Elinye lamagosa aseJamani lathi linqwenela ukuba nekhamera ukuze lithathe umfanekiso okhawulezayo, kodwa abavunyelwanga ukuphatha iikhamera. Kwakungekho namagosa ethu.

Saxaka yonke imini omnye nomnye. BabengamaSaxon kwaye abanye babo babekwazi ukuthetha isiNgesi. Ngokujongwa kwabo imijelo yabo yayikwimeko embi njengakwethu. Omnye wabo, owayethetha isiNgesi, wakhankanya ukuba usebenze eBrighton iminyaka ethile kwaye wondliwe emqaleni ngale mfazwe yempambano kwaye angavuya xa iphelile. Simxelele ukuba ayinguye yedwa okruqukileyo yiyo. Khange sibavumele kumsele wethu kwaye abasivumeli nakowabo.

Umphathi-Jikelele weNkampani-waseJamani wabuza iBillalo Bill ukuba angayamkela na imiphanda yebhiya kwaye amqinisekise ukuba ngekhe babadanise abantu bakhe. Babenentabalala kuyo kwindawo yotywala. Wamkele umnikelo ngombulelo kwaye isibini samadoda abo saqengqa imigqomo saza sazingenisa kumsele wethu. Igosa laseJamani lathumela enye yamadoda akhe abuyela emseleni, owavela kwakamsinya emva kokuba ephethe itreyi eneebhotile kunye neiglasi. Amagosa omabini amacala anciphise iiglasi kwaye banxila omnye komnye. Umthetho osaYilwayo weBuffalo wawubanike nepum pudding kanye ngaphambili. Amagosa afikelela ekuqondeni ukuba isivumelwano esingekho semthethweni siza kuphela ezinzulwini zobusuku. Ngorhatya sabuyela kwimisele yethu.

Imikhosi yaseBritani neyaseJamani ukuxubana kwiLizwe leMans IKrisimesi 1914

… Imigqomo emibini yotywala yayisele, kwaye igosa laseJamani lalinyanisile: ukuba bekunokwenzeka ukuba indoda ibisele iyisele le migqomo mibini ngesele iqhume phambi kokuba inxile. Ibhiya yaseFrance yayizinto ezibolileyo.

Ngaphambi nje kobusuku bobusuku sonke senza ukuba singaqali ngokudubula ngaphambi kokuba benze. Ebusuku bekusoloko kukho ukudubula okuninzi ngamacala omabini ukuba bekungekho maqela asebenzayo okanye ukujikeleza. Umnumzana Richardson, igosa eliselula elalisandula ukujoyina iBattalion kwaye ngoku laliligosa leplatoon kwinkampani yam labhala umbongo ebusuku malunga neBritane kunye nentlanganiso yaseBosche kumhlaba womntu ngeKrisimesi, awasifundela yona . Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa kamva yapapashwa ngo Ixesha or Isithuba sasekuseni, Ndiyakholwa.

Ngexesha lonke loSuku loMdlalo wamanqindi [usuku emva kweKrisimesi] asikaze sidubule, kwaye nabo ngokufanayo, kwicala ngalinye bekubonakala ngathi belindele elinye ukuba libeke ibhola irola. Enye yamadoda abo yakhwaza yatsho ngesiNgesi kwaye yabuza ukuba siyonwabele njani ibhiya. Sakhwaza sabuya samxelela ukuba abuthathaka kakhulu kodwa kukuba sinombulelo kakhulu ngayo. Besincokola sincokola kwaye phakathi imini yonke.

Sakhululeka ngobo busuku ngorhatya liqela lomnye umkhosi. Sasimangalisiwe njengoko sasingazange sive ukuhleba ngalo naluphi na uncedo emini. Saxelela amadoda asikhuphileyo indlela esichithe ngayo iintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo notshaba, kwaye basixelela ukuba ngento ababeyixelelwe yimikhosi yonke yaseBritane emgceni, inye okanye zimbini ngaphandle, zingene notshaba. Babephumile ekusebenzeni ngokwabo iiyure ezingamashumi amane anesibhozo emva kweentsuku ezingamashumi amabini anesibhozo kwimigca engaphambili. Basixelele nokuba abantu baseFrance bevile ngendlela esiluchithe ngayo usuku lweKrisimesi kwaye bathetha zonke izinto ezimbi ngoMkhosi waseBritane. ”

Iingxelo:
Le ngxelo yokuzibonela ngamehlo iRichards, uFrank, abaDala abaDala soze Bafe (1933); UKeegan, uJohn, iMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala (1999); USimkins, uPeter, iMfazwe Yehlabathi I, iWest Front (1991).