Te Pakanga ki Messines

I ngā tau e rua, kāore anō tētahi hua kotahi i puta i te pakanga ki te Pae o te Uru. Heoi, ka rerekē tēnei āhuatanga i te aronga atu anō a Piritana ki Flanders i te taone o Ypres. Ka tahuri a Piritana ki te whati i te kaha o ngā Tiamana ki runga i taua taone, arā, kia riro i a rātou te Hiwi o Messines. He whenua tiketike tērā nō ngā Tiamana e tū ana ki te tonga o Ypres.

Tekau mā rua marama ngā kamupene keri rua a Piritana, a Kānata, a Ahitereiria me Niu Tīreni e keri ana i ngā ana maina ki raro iho i te pae pakanga o Tiamani. E 21 ngā ana. Kua oti ngā mahi, nā, kua whakakīia ia ana e te maha o ngā pahū nui.

Ka uru atu te Tiwihana o Niu Tīreni i te taha o ngā ope taua o Piritana me Ahitereiria. I te atatū o te 7 o Hune, ka whanga te ope tuatahi ki te whakawhiti i te whenua i muri atu i te pahūtanga o ngā ana. Kātahi ka whakapahūtia ngā awakeri o Tiamani ki te rangi rā anō. Kei tōna 10,000 ngā hōia i mate.

Kātahi anō, ka whaihua tētahi rautaki whawhai. Kua mau te Hiwi o Messines. Kāore i nui te tohe a ngā mōrehu o Tiamani. Kua pōkīkī kē rātou.