During the First World War, the military often faced various mystical events that defy logical explanation. But experts are still trying to figure out the nature of the death cloud that caused the disappearance of a British company of soldiers in Turkey.
The events took place in 1915, when the British landed at Gallipoli, having received orders to watch over the strait that connects the seas. Then Sulwa Bay became an unfavorable place for battle due to the intense heat. There was a dry salt lake near the shore, and dug trenches in the plain looked like furnaces, into which dust and sand flew. The biggest nightmare for the soldiers was flies that land on food and spread dysentery. Soon, strong men turned into semblances of skeletons, and the corpses of the dead were seen everywhere, terrifying their living brothers. Despite the morale of the army, Ian Hamilton was confident that with the arrival of reinforcements, it would be possible to achieve the desired victory. The arriving battalion, under the cover of powerful artillery fire, had to cover a 500-meter distance,but enemy arrows did not allow people to move through the open space. The right flank was a little more fortunate than its comrades, and he was able to continue the offensive, only then incredible things happened.
The soldiers, along with Colonel Boshem, prevailed over the enemies, despite the losses, after which the battle continued until late at night. Then a detachment of 16 officers and 250 privates continued to pursue the Turks in the forest, but no one else saw them. New Zealand eyewitnesses to the event noticed a huge cloud descending. It covered the people and moved towards the north, although at first there were no traces of similar objects in the sky. The military saw with their own eyes how the British entered it, after which a mysterious phenomenon rose up and, together with a group of brothers, rushed out of sight. In the report, people noted that the fog strongly reflected the rays of the sun, and therefore it was not possible to save the missing squad. Then the command did not really rely on mysticism, but assumed that the enemies could come up with a cunning trap, capturing the soldiers without a single shot. After the surrender of the country in 1918, the victors demanded the return of their people, but the Turks swore that they had nothing to do with this incident.
Then the British decided to check the area themselves where the battle took place. They met a local peasant who told about the mutilated bodies of soldiers found on his land. They were scattered at a great distance, after which the frightened man carried the remains into the gorge. The examination showed that these were indeed members of the missing detachment, but the specialists failed to find out why the people died suddenly, and were also thrown down from a great height. Some historians have mentioned a cloud of toxic gas that could be a weapon of many countries. There is a version of a tornado or a dust whirlwind, and it is also possible that aliens could be involved here, who simply took earthlings for their experiments using UFOs.
Reshetnikova Irina