Troops of the 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) during the advance to the Aisne, France, 6 September 1914.© IWM (Q 51486)

War chronicle · 5–12 Hepetema · Marne, France

Ka hinga ngā tūmanako o Tiamani


Kei raro a Tiamani, ka whakahokia ki muri i te Pakanga ki Marne

Kua tae atu te ope taua o Tiamani ki te Awa o Marne, kei tōna 50km noa mai i Parihi. Nā ngā whakapaunga werawera me ngā mahi whakataruna a ngā hōia o Piritana me Wīwī, kei te pau te kaha o ngā Tiamana. Kei te mimiti haere ngā hāmanu me ngā kohinga kai.

Ka ara ake a Wīwī ki te whakahoki i te riri ki a Tiamani. Kotahi wiki te roa o te Pakanga ki Marne. Kotahi miriona te nui o ngā hōia nō te Ope Haumi (nō Wiwi te nuinga) i pakanga, e 900,000 te nui o ngā hōia o Tiamani. Koia nei tētahi o ngā kakari matua o te pakanga nui.

Ahakoa e 250,000 te nui o ngā tāne i taka i ia taha o te pakanga, i te mutunga o te Pakanga ki Marne ka toa ngā Whenua Haumi. Ka hoki whakamuri ngā Tiamana ki te Awa o Aisne, arā, 100km te tawhiti. Kua ngaro noa te wawata o Tiamani kia riro wawe tēnei pakanga i a rātou.