Auckland Museum · Pou KanohiLetters from the front line
A British 9.2 inch gun in action on the New Zealand sector, Coigneux, 30 April 1918.Henry Armytage Bradley Sanders, AWMM: PH-ALB-420-H1176

War chronicle · Hepetema–Oketopa · Somme, France

Ngā waka taua i te Somme

Ko te tūmanako nui o Piritana, mā tā rātou hanganga muna hou ka riro i a rātou te pakanga.

He rākau whawhai hou tā Piritana. Mā te waka taua e riro ai te wikitōria i te Ope Haumi?

I te marama o Ākuhata, ka takatū te Tiwihana o Niu Tīreni mō tā rātou kakari nui tuatahi ki te Pae o te Uru. Ko te tūmanako nui ka toa rātou i te mea koinei te terenga tuatahi o ngā waka taua.

I te Pakanga ki Flers-Courcelette i te Somme (15–22 Hepetema), ko te tikanga, ka hinga atu ngā taiapa pāpu waea i ngā waka taua, ka pakaru ngā puna pū mihini a ngā Tiamana me ētahi atu tūranga whawhai. Engari, he pōturi rawa ngā waka taua, ka raru ngā pūkaha, kāore hoki i maha ngā waka. E whā noa iho ka hoatu ki ngā hōia o Niu Tīreni. Kotahi anake te waka taua e kaha tonu ana i te mutunga o te rā.

Nā wai, ā, ka mau ngā taone o Flers me Courcelette. Ka riro hoki ētahi atu wāhi i ngā wiki e waru whai muri mai. Heoi, tokomaha i taotū. Ka kino hoki ngā taiparatanga nui, arā, e 8000 ngā tāne i ngaro – e tata ana ki te nui o ngā hōia i hinga i te pakanga ki Karipori i te 8 marama.

Photos & objects

A tank going through a German barrage on its way to attack a sugar factory, circa 1916.
A tank going through a German barrage on its way to attack a sugar factory, circa 1916.Delta Fine Art Company, AWMM: PH-TECH-925-242
A British tank in action, circa 1917
A British tank in action, circa 1917AWMM: PH-TECH-925-356
Shaving kit, circa 1914.
Shaving kit, circa 1914.AWMM: 2003.19.5. © Auckland Museum CC BY
Shaving kit, circa 1914.
Shaving kit, circa 1914.AWMM: 2003.19.5. © Auckland Museum CC BY
Shaving kit, circa 1914.
Shaving kit, circa 1914.AWMM: 2003.19.5. © Auckland Museum CC BY