(Egyptian
military deception was even more effective.
Reports were given instructing cadets in
military colleges to resume their courses on
October 9, and officers were allowed to go on
the pilgrimage to Mecca. On 4 October the
Egyptian media reported that 20,000
reservists had been demobilized. Immediately
before the assault on the morning of 6
October, the Egyptians deployed special
squads of troops along the canal their task
was to move about without helmets, weapons or
shirts, and to swim, hang out fishing lines
and eat oranges.) check it
here
