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Episode 68

An soitheach SS Ancona dha cuir fodha agus cr矛och air d脿rna batal Champagne. The events of WW1 including the sinking of the SS Ancona and the Second Battle of Champagne.

Air an 6mh den t-Samhain 1915 , th脿inig cr矛och oifigeil air d脿rna batal Champagne. B' e seo an ionnsaigh a th貌isich na Frangaich air a' 25mh dhen Sultain. Chailleadh faisg air ceud gu leth m矛le saighdear Frangach ri linn, agus, ged a chaidh aca air gluasad air adhart suas ri d脿 mh矛le gu leth ann an 脿iteachan, cha deach aca, an 脿ite sam bith, air d脿rna loidhne-d矛on nan Gearmailteach a ghlacadh. Chaill na Gearmailtich c貌rr air ceithir fichead m矛le duine, le c貌ig air fhichead m矛le dhiubh sin nam pr矛osanaich aig na Frangaich.

Agus mar a tha Gilleasbuig MacDh貌mhnaill ag innse chaidh am b脿ta Eadailteach SS Ancona a chur fodha air an 7mh den t-Samhain far chosta Tunisia leis a' bh脿t'-aigeil, U-38, a bha se貌ladh fo bhratach na h-Ostair. Bha an Ancona, l脿n luchd-siubhail, air a slighe 脿 Messina gu New York, agus chailleadh c貌rr air d脿 cheud duine, naoinear Ameireaganach nam measg. A' tighinn d矛reach sia m矛osan an d猫idh call an Lusitania, chuir call an Ancona ris an fhearg mu chogadh nam b脿taichean-aigeil, a bha s矛or dhol am meud an Ameireagaidh. Cluinnidh sinn mu na rinn na h-Ameireaganaich mu dheidhinn.

10 minutes

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Fri 13 Nov 2015 11:50

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  • Thu 12 Nov 2015 21:00
  • Fri 13 Nov 2015 11:50