'Turkish emissary with white flag being led blind-folded through our lines at Anzac beach', May 1915
Stereoscopic photograph, World War One, Gallipoli (1915).
A Turkish officer is led blindfolded through the Anzac lines to discuss a truce to bury the Turkish dead after the attack of 19 May 1915. That day over 3,000 Turkish soldiers were killed in a massed assault on the Australians and New Zealanders at Anzac.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1972-08-67-2-117
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1972-08-67-2-117