Tsoka la mphungu
Iolaire anamira m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi mlongoti wake utatuluka m'madzi, zomwe zinapulumutsa Donald Morrison.
Pamene Germany inavomera kuti pakhale nkhondo pa November 11, 1918, kuchotsedwako kunayamba m’gulu lankhondo la Britain. Amalinyero wamba anachita chidwi nacho, limodzinso ndi akuluakulu awo, ndipo koposa zonse, andale. Mazana a zikwi za achinyamata, omwe amachitidwa pansi pa chilango chokhwima, nthawi zina mtunda wa makilomita kuchokera kunyumba zawo, nthawi zambiri pangozi ya tsiku ndi tsiku ya kutaya miyoyo yawo m'miyezi yapitayi, panthawi yomwe chiwopsezo cha "Huns" chikuwoneka kuti sichinaliponso, chinthu chophulika. .
Zikuwoneka kuti kunali kuopa kuyambika kwa kusakhutira pakati pa magulu ankhondo, osati malingaliro ochulukirapo azachuma, zomwe zidakhala mphamvu yayikulu yothamangitsira asitikali ndi amalinyero mwachangu. Chifukwa chake, omenyera nkhondo omwe adachotsedwa adangoyendayenda kwawo muufumu wautali komanso waukulu. Komabe, “ulendo wautali wakubwerera” umenewu sunathere bwino kwa aliyense. Amalinyero ndi asilikali a Lewis ndi Harris ku Outer Hebrides anali ankhanza kwambiri.
Kuchokera ku Outer Hebrides, amalinyero (ambiri) ndi asilikali anakhamukira ku Kyle wa Lochalsh. Tiyenera kudziwa kuti mwa anthu pafupifupi 30, 6200 okhala ku Lewis ndi Harris adalembetsa anthu pafupifupi XNUMX, omwe amakhala ndi achinyamata ambiri oyenera.
Kyle waku Lochalsh ndi mudzi womwe uli pakhomo la Loch Alsh. pafupifupi 100 km kumwera chakumadzulo kwa Inverness ndikulumikizana nayo ndi njanji. Oyendetsa sitima anafika ku Inverness, atachotsedwa ntchito ku Orkney base ya Grand Fleet - Scapa Flow. Izi, komanso kuti sitima yapamadzi yakumaloko, yodziwika bwino yotchedwa Sheila, inkayenda kamodzi patsiku kuchokera ku Kyle wa ku Lochalsh kupita ku Stornoway pa Lewis ndi Harris, ndipo patsiku lomaliza la 1918 amuna opitilira theka la chikwi adasonkhana kumeneko. Komabe, si aliyense amene ali ndi malo okwera sitimayo.
Achinyamata oposa 100 anayenera kuyembekezera mowonjezereka, zomwe, chifukwa cha kukhumudwa kwawo ndi mkwiyo, zinali zoopsa mwa izo zokha. Mtsogoleri wa dera la nyanja, Lieutenant Richard Gordon William Mason (yemwe akukhala ku Lochalsh), mwachiwonekere sanafune kulimbana ndi abale apanyanja okondwerera Chaka Chatsopano ndipo anaganiza zogwiritsira ntchito wosamalira wothandizira Iolar, yemwe anali padoko, kuti agwire ntchito. kunyamula amalinyero. Mtsogoleri wake, Lieutenant Walsh, komanso Mason ochokera ku Royal Navy Reserve) sanadziwitsidwe pasadakhale kuti ntchito yoyendetsa imayenera kumuchitikira. Walsh atamva kuti ali ndi anthu pafupifupi zana oti abzale, poyamba adatsutsa. Mfundo zake zinali zolondola kwambiri - m'ngalawamo anali ndi ngalawa 2 zokha zopulumutsira anthu osapitirira 40 ndi ma jekete opulumutsa moyo 80. Mason, komabe, wofunitsitsa kupewa zovuta zilizonse, adalimbikira. Sanakhulupirire ngakhale mkangano wakuti Mtsogoleri Iolaire sanayitane ku Stornoway usiku komanso kuti doko ndilofunika kwambiri pakuyenda. Pomwe maofesala onsewo anali akudzitsekera mpanda ku mikangano, ma depot enanso awiri okhala ndi anthu ochotsedwa adafika pamalopo. Izi zidathetsa vutoli, - Mason adaganiza zenizeni.
mophiphiritsa, “kuchepetsa” mkhalidwewo. Choncho, anthu 241 anakwera Iolaire. Gulu la anthu 23.
Kyle waku Lochalsh ali pamtunda wa makilomita pafupifupi 60 kuchokera ku Stornoway. Kotero si mtunda wautali, ndipo njirayo imadutsa m'madzi amphepo a Minch Strait, omwe amadziwika ndi kusintha kwa nyengo.
