Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 22 May 1915. On nearing our barbed wire the Turkish envoy, conveying ...

Accession Number G00987
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W)
Date made 22 May 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 22 May 1915. On nearing our barbed wire the Turkish envoy, conveying the request for an armistice to enable the Turks to bury their dead, was blindfolded and led carefully over trip wires.