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The Turkish commanders, however, soon announced that any one found carrying them would pay the death penalty. After that, when the little bundles dropped near them, the natives would, run as if from high explosive bombs. THE TURKISH COMMANDERS HOWEVER SOON ANNOUNCED THAT ANY ONE FOUND CARRYING THEM WOULD PAY THE DEATH PENALTY AFTER THAT WHEN LITTLE BUNDLES DROPPED NEAR THEM THE NATIVES WOULD RUN AS IF FROM HIGH EXPLOSIVE BOMBS
ed soldiers in the desert! Visits of British aeroplanes to Beersheba were common occurrences. Long before the machine itself could be seen, its whanging, resonant hum would come floating out of the blazing sky, seemingly from everywhere at once. Soldiers rushed from their tents, squinting up into the heavens until the speck was discovered, swimming slowly through the air; then followed wholesale firing at an impossible range until the officers forbade it. True to the policy of avoiding all unnecessary harm to the natives, these British aviators never dropped bombs on the town, but--what was more dangerous from the Turkish point of view--they would unload packages of pamphlets, printed in Arabic, informing the natives that they were being deceived; that the Allies were their only true friends; that the Germans were merely making use of them to further their own schemes, etc. These cleverly worded little tracts came showering down out of the sky, and at first they were eagerly picked up. NTS FOR THE CARE OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS IN THE DESERT VISITS OF BRITISH AEROPLANES TO BELSHVER WERE COMMON OCCURRENCES LONG BEFORE THE MACHINE ITSELF COULD BE SEEN ITS WANGING RESONANT HUM WOULD COME FLOATING OUT OF THE BLAZING SKY SEEMINGLY FROM EVERYWHERE AT ONCE SOLDIERS RUSHED FROM THEIR TENTS SQUINTING UP INTO THE HEAVENS UNTIL THE SPECK WAS DISCOVERED SWIMMING SLOWLY THROUGH THE AIR THEN FOLLOWED WHOLESALE FIRING AT AN IMPOSSIBLE RANGE UNTIL THE OFFICERS FORBADE IT TRUE TO THE POLICY OF AVOIDING ALL UNNECESSARY HARM TO THE NATIVES THESE BRITISH AVIATORS NEVER DROPPED BOMBS ON THE TOWN BUT WAS MOST DANGEROUS FROM THE TURKISH POINT OF VIEW THEY WOULD UNROAD PACKAGES OF PAMPHLETS PRINTED IN ARABIC INFORMING THE NATIVES THAT THEY WERE BEING DECEIVED THAT THE ALLIES WERE THEIR ONLY TRUE FRIENDS THAT THE GERMANS WERE MERELY MAKING USE OF THEM TO FURTHER THEIR OWN SCHEMES ET CETERA THESE CLEVERLY WORDED LITTLE TRACKS CAME SHOWERING DOWN FROM THE SKY AND AT FIRST THEY WERE EAGERLY PICKED UP
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