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U-Iolaire ucwile nje ogwini insika yakhe yaphumela ngaphandle kwamanzi, esindisa u-Donald Morrison.
Lapho iJalimane ivuma ukumiswa kwezikhali ngoNovemba 11, 1918, ukudilizwa kwamasosha aseBrithani kwaqala. Kwakuthakazelisa amatilosi avamile, kanye nabaphathi bawo futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, nabezombangazwe. Amakhulu ezinkulungwane zezinsizwa abanjwe ngaphansi kwesiyalo esiqinile, ngezinye izikhathi amakhilomitha ukusuka ezindlini zawo, ngokuvamile esengozini yansuku zonke yokulahlekelwa ukuphila kwazo ezinyangeni ezandulele, ngesikhathi lapho usongo oluvela kuma-"Huns" lungasabonakali lukhona, lwaluqhuma. isici.
Kubonakala sengathi kwakuwukwesaba ukuqubuka kokunganeliseki phakathi koquqaba lwezempi, futhi hhayi ukucatshangelwa okungaka kwezomnotho, okwaba umfutho oyinhloko wokuxoshwa kwamasosha namatilosi ngokuxhamazela ezinhlwini. Ngakho-ke, ama-vigilantes adiliziwe azulazula ekhaya embusweni omude nobanzi. Nokho, lolu “hambo olude oluya ekhaya” aluzange luphele kahle kuwo wonke umuntu. Amatilosi kaLewis noHarris namasosha e-Outer Hebrides ayenonya kakhulu.
Bevela e-Outer Hebrides, amatilosi (iningi elikhulu) namasosha athutheleka eKyle of Lochalsh. Kufanele kuqashelwe lapha ukuthi ezakhamuzini ezingaba ngu-30, 6200 zaseLewis naseHarris zabhalisa amadoda angaba ngu-XNUMX, okwenza ingxenye enkulu yezinsizwa ezinamandla.
I-Kyle yaseLochalsh iyidolobhana elisemnyango we-Loch Alsh. cishe i-100 km eningizimu-ntshonalanga ye-Inverness futhi ixhunywe kuyo ngesitimela. Amatilosi akhishwe emsebenzini esikhungweni sase-Orkney Grand Fleet, e-Scapa Flow, asefikile e-Inverness. Lokhu, kanye neqiniso lokuthi umkhumbi wendawo, uSheila ogama lakhe elihle, wayehamba ngomkhumbi kanye ngosuku esuka eKyle of Lochalsh eya eStornoway eLewis naseHarris, futhi ngosuku lokugcina luka-1918 kwakunamadoda angaphezu kwengxenye yenkulungwane ekhululiwe lapho. Nokho, akuwona wonke umuntu onendawo emkhunjini.
Izinsizwa ezingaphezu kuka-100 kwadingeka zilinde isikhathi eside, okuyinto, uma kubhekwa izinga lokukhungatheka nentukuthelo, ngokwako kwakuyingozi. Umkhuzi wamasosha asolwandle, uLieutenant Richard Gordon William Mason (ohlala eLochalsh), ngokusobala wayengafuni ukubhekana nabazalwane bamatilosi ababegubha uNyaka Omusha futhi wanquma ukusebenzisa umnakekeli ongumsizi u-Iolara, owayesebenza echwebeni, ukuba athuthe. amatilosi. Umkhuzi wakhe, uLieutenant Walsh, kanye noMason weRoyal Navy Reserve) abazange baziswe kusenesikhathi ukuthi wabelwe umsebenzi wokuthutha. Lapho uWalsh ezwa ukuthi kwakuzodingeka abophe abantu abangaba yikhulu, waqale waphikisa. Izingxabano zakhe zaziyiqiniso impela - esikebheni wayenezikebhe zokuhlenga ezi-2 kuphela ezithwala abantu abangeqile kwabangu-40 namajakhethi okuphila angama-80. UMason, nokho, ubemagange ukugwema izinkinga ngazo zonke izindlela, wagcizelela. Akazange akholwe ngisho nayimpikiswano yokuthi u-Commander Ioler wayengakaze angene eStornoway ebusuku nokuthi itheku lalifuna kakhulu mayelana nokuhamba. Ngesikhathi womabili la maphoyisa ezivikela kule mibango, kwatheleka amanye amadepho amabili anabantu abadilizwe. Lokhu kwaluxazulula udaba, uMason wanquma ngokoqobo.
ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, “ukudambisa” isimo. Ngakho, abantu abangu-241 bagibela i-Iolaire. Abasebenzi abangu-23.
I-Kyle yaseLochalsh cishe iqhele ngamakhilomitha angama-60 ukusuka eStornoway. Ngakho-ke leli akulona ibanga elide, futhi umzila udlula emanzini aneziphepho e-Minch Strait, ebonakala ngezimo zezulu ezishintshashintsha kakhulu.
