War chronicle · 7 Mei · Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland
Te totohutanga o te Lusitania
Ka rīria a Tiamani e te ao nō muri mai i te patunga o tētahi kaipuke pāhīhī.
E huna ana tētahi wakataua whakatakere o Tiamani. E pahure noa ana tētahi kaipuke pāhīhī, ko te RMS Lusitania e haere ana ki Liverpool mai i New York. Kāre noa he aha, ka pohūtia te kaipuke i te tonga o te tai o Airana.
Mea rawa ake, ka tītaha te Lusitania ka kore ngā kaihoe e āhei ki te whakatika ake. He mahi uaua tonu te whakarewa i ngā waka whakaora. Kei te mania haere, kei te taka haere ngā pāhīhī i ngā hōro o te waka. He rite tonu ngā hōro ki te kōrere ināianei.
I te paunga o te 18 meneti noa, ka ngaro atu te kaipuke nui ki raro i ngā ngaru o te moana. O ngā pāhīhī 1962, 1193 ka mate. E 94 o ērā he tamariki, he pēpi rānei.
Kotahi rau e rua tekau mā waru o te hunga mate he Amerikana. Ka tino whakahēngia ngā Tiamana mō te whānui o ngā mahi tūkino o ō rātou wakataua whakatakere. Ka tino riri ngā Amerikana, ka nui haere tō rātou kawa ki ngā Tiamana.
Engari ka pono ngā Tiamana ki ā rātou mahi. Hei tā rātou, e kawe ana te Lusitania i ngā kariri, waihoki, i tuku whakatūpato ngā Tiamana i mua i te totohutanga. He tika te kōrero a ngā Tiamana, e mau ana te kaipuke rā i ngā kariri – heoi, nō te tau 2014 rā anō kātahi ka puta ake aua kōrero.
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