For the city 's Muslim population , the day is marked Recording by the `` first bullet '' fired Use_firearm by Hasan Tahsin at the Greek standard bearer at the head of the troops , the murder Committing_crime by bayonet coups of Miralay Fethi Bey for refusing Agree_or_refuse_to_act to shout Vocalizations `` Zito Venizelos '' and the killing Killing and wounding Bodily_harm of unarmed Turkish soldiers in the city 's principal casern , as well as of 300–400 civilians .

The assault soon faltered , with steadily increasing casualties as the Viet Cong withstood multiple frontal assaults , including bayonet charges by two separate platoons .

The conflict Hostile_encounter has been compared to World War I in terms of the tactics used , including large-scale trench warfare with barbed wire stretched across fortified defensive lines , manned machine guns posts , bayonet charges , Iranian human wave attacks , extensive use of chemical weapons by Iraq , and , later , deliberate attacks on civilian targets .

During the day 's fierce fighting Bearing_arms , the mounted infantry tactics of riding as close to the front line as possible and then dismounting to make their attack Attack with the bayonet supported Supporting by artillery and machine guns prevailed , assisted Assistance by aircraft reconnaissances .