DEATH BEFORE RETREAT.
A MAGNIFICENT FIGHT
Lieut. Milieh, who w.as commanding a company of infantry, committed suicide with a revolver, declining to obey an order to retire from an exposed position. Witnessing his example, the soldiers hurled themselves desperately on tho Turkish positions, and -annihilated thorn.
The Crown Prineo was frequently in the firing line. He entered tho town whilo the battlo was in full swing.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 31 October 1912, Page 5
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