TURKISH TRICKERY
BOGUS ORDER TO "CEASE FIRE." (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyrieht.J Sydney, May 15.
Captain Bi:an (official war correspondent with the Australian Expeditionary Forces) mentions instances of Turkish trickery. Just as two battalions had started to charge, the order came "Cease firing." Some of the men ceased. Officers questioned the order, and inquiries brought the reply that it had been issued by headquarters because the French and Indians were getting behind the Turks, and there was a fear of hitting them. The officers knew this to be impossible, and ordered a renewal of the attack. Meantime the Turks had used the pause to. fire into the undefended meu. The same trick was played along another part of the line..
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2463, 17 May 1915, Page 6
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118TURKISH TRICKERY Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2463, 17 May 1915, Page 6
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