Te Pakanga Tuatoru o Ypres

Ka hinga te kōkiringa o ngā Ope Haumi i te kino o te huarere.

Kei te koa te Ope Haumi i tō rātou wikitōria nui ki te Hiwi o Messines. Kei te koa hoki ō rātou kaiārahi. Ki ngā tianara, kei a rātou te rautaki tika ki te whakamutu atu i te tumu ki te Pae o te Uru.

Ko te whāinga tuatahi, he whakaeke i te Hiwi ki Passchendaele i te tauraki o Ypres. I te 31 o Hūrae, ka huakina te Pakanga Tuatoru o Ypres e te ope taua o Piritana. Kātahi, ka pakanga haere rātou i ngā wāhi matua huri noa i te hiwi rā.

Otirā, ka tere kitea ka kore tēnei pakanga e rite ki tērā i Messines. Nā te hekenga mai o te ua, (ko te raumati kē tēnei) ka pōharuharu te papa o te riri, ka haukotia te kōkiringa o ngā Piritana. Ka whawhai tonu ngā Piritana i runga i te pōhēhē e kainamu mai ana te hinganga o ngā Tiamana.

Photos & objects

Stretcher bearers in Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium, 25 August 1917.Henry Armytage Bradley Sanders. AWMM: PH-ALB-418-H205

Wheeling ammunition up to the guns on the Ypres Salient.National Army Museum of New Zealand: 11087

Carved stone head, 1200s.AWMM: 1996x1.485. © Auckland Museum CC BY