The soldiers had apparently mistaken the officers for guerrilla fighters.

In the dark, Mexican soldiers mistook him for an adult and killed him.

The soldiers in the pa mistook these for fresh reinforcements.

The army said the soldiers had mistaken them for fighters.

John IV went outside and raised his hand to quiet them; the soldiers, however, allegedly mistook this as a signal.

These drunken soldiers had mistaken her for a common maid.

With nothing to identify himself as a pilgrim, the soldiers had mistaken him for yet another infidel to be murdered.

He took a bag of clothes with him, she said, and the soldiers evidently mistook the bag for explosives.

Peering through the fog, some soldiers mistook the standing headstones for a line of Dutch troops and asked the old woman how many there were.

The soldier mistook his camera for a rocket launcher and fired, hitting Dana four times in the chest.