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Armistice parade of the British Expeditionary Force, Le Quesnoy, France, November 1918.AWMM: PH-ALB-195

War chronicle · 4 Noema · Le Quesnoy, France

Kua wetekina ngā here o Le Quesnoy

Ko ngā Kiwi ngā kaiwhakaora i tō rātou kakari whakamutunga o te pakanga nui.

Ko tā te whakaekenga whakamutunga o Te Tiwihana o Niu Tīreni, he hao i te taone tawhito o Le Quesnoy ki Wīwī, kia kuhu atu rātou ki te Wao o Mormal.

Mataku pai ana te iwi o Le Quesnoy, kei parekuratia ratou me tō rātou tūrangawaewae. Ki te kore te puni o Tiamana e tuku i ō rātou pū ki raro, ka puehutia ngā pātū tuauki o Le Quesnoy e ngā pūrepo nui o Piritana.

Engari he whakaaro anō tō ngā hōia Kiwi. E arahina ana rātou e Rūtenata Tuarua Leslie Averill (e 21 noa iho ana tau). He mea tāhae tētahi arawhata, ka whakaekea ngā pātū 18m te roa. Tūmeke ana ngā Tiamana, ka whakarērea ā ratou tūranga. Kīhai i roa, kua riro i ngā Kiwi te kēti, ā, kua takoto ngā pū a ngā Tiamana ohorere rā.

E kore e wareware i te iwi o Le Quesnoy te māia, te toa o Averill me ana hōia. Ka whakanuia tonutia tēnei wikitōria i tēnei rā tonu.

Photos & objects

The scaling of the walls of Le Quesnoy, 1920.
The scaling of the walls of Le Quesnoy, 1920.George Edmund Butler, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga: AAAC 898 NCWA 535
Le Quesnoy: Captured by New Zealand Division, 4 November 1918.
Le Quesnoy: Captured by New Zealand Division, 4 November 1918.AWMM: PH-RESOS-136
One of the guns of 2nd New Zealand Machine Gun Company firing barrage into the main street of Le Quesnoy, France, 4 October 1918.
One of the guns of 2nd New Zealand Machine Gun Company firing barrage into the main street of Le Quesnoy, France, 4 October 1918.Arthur John Lloyd, AWMM: PD 182 2
Bronze commemorative medal, 1993.
Bronze commemorative medal, 1993.AWMM: 1994.58. © Auckland Museum CC BY
Bronze commemorative medal, 1993.
Bronze commemorative medal, 1993.AWMM: 1994.58. © Auckland Museum CC BY