STRANGE ADVENTURES IN THE DESERT.

Taihape Daily Times, 11 January 1918, Page 6

STRANGE ADVENTURES IN THE DESERT.

An entertaining story of fhe experiences of three British officers who escaped from th& Turks is told by a relative of one of the trio (says a writer in the “Yorkshire Post”). ' Eluding their guards, the three officers made their way across the Their first adventure came the day following their escape, when they suddenly came upon 13 Turkish soldiers. The officers resigned ’ themselves to recapture, but were astonished and delighted to discover after some parley that the soldiers were deserters fleeing from the hardships of the Turkish Army to some unknown destination'. The two parties thereupon joined forces, and were proceeding a-micably on their way when a Turkish patrol appeared. There was no doubt of the hostile intentions of this body. A sharp fight ensued, resulting in triocapture of 11 of the patrol. With these prisoners in their hands the British officers and the Turkish deserters marched forward, and ultimately landed in a Russian camp, where the British officers received an enthusiastic welcome.