A TRAGEDY OF ERRORS
TURKS FIRING ON ONE AN- • OTHER.
DISASTROUS MISTAKE IN THE DARKNESS.
* (Received October 29, 1.25 a.m.) * CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 28
The commanders of other divisions were unaware on the night of the 22nd that the first army corps was suddenly launched against General Demetrieff’s left, between Tundja and Kirk Kilisse. The attack failed and the men streamed back into the other Turks, who mistook them for Bulgarians and assailed them. The two Turkish sections fired on eacli other and the Bulgarians fired on both.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3665, 29 October 1912, Page 5
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87A TRAGEDY OF ERRORS Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3665, 29 October 1912, Page 5
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