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    Quote Originally Posted by Daan Kemp View Post
    I thought the withdrawal was so quiet the Turks never realised? Fires like that with the noise?
    Hi Daan, it was lit just as they got the last troops off. All of the stores an army needs that could not be quietly evacuated over the preceding days was burnt on a big bonfire on the beach.

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    Thanks lmg15

    Quote Originally Posted by lmg15 View Post
    Hi Daan, it was lit just as they got the last troops off. All of the stores an army needs that could not be quietly evacuated over the preceding days was burnt on a big bonfire on the beach.
    Quite expensive flames those. Less expensive than lives though.

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