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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12718, 13 August 1919, Page 2

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For Children’s Hacking Cough. Woods’ Great Peppermint CureA strange and .almost ludicrous episode, which occurred at the end of the Palestine campaign, was related at Auckland by 3. New Zealand sergeant-* who re turned hv th» Dlimaroa. Aba spot on the Mecca railway, about twenty miles south of Amman, the .Second Brigade, of Australian Light Horse had received the surrender of about 1000 Turks, who formed a. part of the enemy’s array in that area. On the railway there were waggons of Turkish arms and ammunition, and tho Arabs were determined to secure this and other loot before it fell into the hands of the British.; They assembled m great numbers, and harassed the force so much that the Turks'joined with the Australians in keping off theso_ tribesmen. The situation became so difficult. that the 1 New Zealand Mounted Brigade was sent to the scene to make it possible for the Australians to take their prisoners out in safety. When the Now Zealanders arrived early one morning they met outpost parties consisting of Australians and Turks, all fully armed, coming in after night duty. ' They seemed quite happy and fraternal,’ said the sergeant, "and it was difficult to realise that the Turks had been the enemy so recently. The Turks were in a serious nosition. They u-anted to surrender, and wanted to be protected fi'om tho Arabs. The Arabs wanted loot and anything they could ff.t. and. we, I suppose, wanted everything bo’ Itew Zealanders finally held the Arabs while, the Australians and their prisoner comrades retired.”