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A German Zeppelin airship bathed in searchlights over London.Australian War Memorial: A03991

War chronicle · 31 Mei · London, England

Ngā rerenga taipara ki Rānana

Kua tau mai te riri ā-rangi ki runga i ngā tāngata o Piritana, arā, ko ngā Zeppelin.

Kātahi anō ka hipa te 11 karaka i te pō o te 31 o Mei, ka puta mai tētahi āhua pōuri i te rangi o Rānana.

Kāore tētahi i kite, i rongo rānei i te rererangi-hau o Tiamani. Kua ngū ngā pūkaha, he patunga ohorere tēnei. Mea rawa ake, ka tuwhera mai te kūaha o raro, ka taiparahia te taha raki me te taha rāwhiti o te taone. Ko te rerenga tuatahi tēnei o te Zepplin – ko te taiparatanga tuatahi mai i te rangi.

He waka pāhīhī kē te Zepplin i te wā o te rongomau. He rautaki anō tēnei nā ngā Tiamana ki te whakawehi i ngā tāngata i ngā taone o Piritana. Ka tutuki tō rātou hiahia.

Tokowhitu i mate i te taiparatanga tuatahi ki Rānana. I ngā tau e toru, e 53 ngā rerenga taipara a ngā Zeppelin. E 556 i mate, 1350 i taotū. Ka whakahēngia te kōhurutanga o te iwi e te ao pāpāho o Piritana. Kua tau atu te pakanga ki ngā kāinga o Piritana.

Photos & objects

A zeppelin brought down in flames over Essex, 24 September 1916.
A zeppelin brought down in flames over Essex, 24 September 1916.AWMM: EPH-2013-1-31
A zeppelin brought down in flames at Cuffley, Herts, by Flight-Lieutenant W L Robinson, V C, 3 September 1916.
A zeppelin brought down in flames at Cuffley, Herts, by Flight-Lieutenant W L Robinson, V C, 3 September 1916.AWMM: EPH-2013-1-31
Zeppelin bomb fragment, pre-1916.
Zeppelin bomb fragment, pre-1916.AWMM: 1931.129. © Auckland Museum CC BY