SLAUGHTER OF TURKS
LOSSES HEAVIER THAN ESTIMATED GENERAL BIRDWOOD'S REPORT. (Received May 28, 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, 27th May. The Press Bureau at Cairo saye that General Birdwood reports that during the suspension to bury the Turkish dead much larger losses than the three thousand came to light. Two other areas were covered with Turkish dead. Four hundred corpses were counted in a epace of eighty yards by a hundred yards. The Turkish burying parties worked quietly and quickly. All were supplied with cottonwool prepared with some solution to deaden the stench — a most necessary and needed precaution. Over twelve hundred Turkish rifles were picked up on our side of the dividing line during the suspension. We rushed and occupied a trench on Tuesday in front of Cox's brigade.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 125, 28 May 1915, Page 8
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128SLAUGHTER OF TURKS Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 125, 28 May 1915, Page 8
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