THE CAMEL CORPS FIGHT
TRICKED BY THE ENEMY. (Received November 25, 8.15 a.m.) CAIRO, 24th November. Captain Chope's Bikanir Camel Corps was deceived by the enemy's camel corps using their flag, and Captain Chope was suddenly attacked by three hundred infantry on both fiank6. [Outpost fighting was reported by the Bikanir Camel Corps on the Egyptian frontier. Thirteen men of the fore© j were missing. A number of Turks were i killed. Bikanir is a province of Rajpu- j tana, North- West India. Camel corps, I which are a modern branch of military organisation, are extremely picturesque. | They are, of course, utsed in desert country, and form a kind of light c*v- j airy, operating in comparatively small I detachments.] , j
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 127, 25 November 1914, Page 7
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121THE CAMEL CORPS FIGHT Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 127, 25 November 1914, Page 7
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