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Real Estate Transfers.

NORTH COLUMBIA HEIGHTS-Robert
Smith ct uX. to +. p. Taylor. lot -.
block l.. and lot ?, block .: SO:
stamps. ST.
GIZOR AND MOUNT AIRY-Alexander
P. Heron. trustee, et ux. to William
II. Shipley. part lot l: SO; stamps.
NO 1927 18TH STREET NORTHWEST
Marie A. Maxwell to Mary c. Max
well, lot 40. square POS: $40.
GlZOR AND MOUNT AIRY-William
II. Shipley ct uN. to Alexander r.
Heron. part lots and .: SO: stamp.
MOUNT PLEASANT-Honor A. God,
dard to Harry A. Kite. lots 793 to
Iss and 1000; $40: stamps. s2.5o.
NO. 11s y STREET SOUTHEASTERN
ry n; Bergman ct al, trustees, to
Worthington, trustees, lot III.
square IA: $3.50.
I STREET NORTHEAST between 18th
and 14th streets-Richard Z. Pairo
ct ux. to Salvatore Ragusa, lot Is,
square north of 1926: $40; stamps.
FAIRvIEw HEIGHTs-Fred C. Col
dren, trustee. to James II. Jeffrey.
part lot 25. block /; $; stamp. 50
HOLMEAD MANOR-Louis II. Schnei-
der ct al. to a. Elizabeth Oliphant,
lot "a, block A; SO. \. Elijah
Oliphant conveys same property to
der and Walter L. Schneider; $40.
FORT SARATOGA-John L. Knopp ct
al. to Frank NJ Hatley, lot 3, square
1905; s1e: stamps. so cents
ADDITION TO AMERICAN UNIVERSE
TY PARk-Frank T. Israel ct uX. to
William F. Woolard, lots Il. 10. l6
and Il: square 1883: SO: stamps. 81.
EENO-.Iames l.. Giles ct ux. to SAM
uel w. Hebron and Clara :. Hebron,
lot 49, block IL; $40.
NO. 1918 CORCORAN STREET NORTH
WEST-Edwin $. Brandt ct ux. TO
George II. Butler. lot Co, square
1893; SO; stamps. so cents.
NO. 123 MARYLAND AVENUE NORTH
EAST-George NJ. Bond ct uX. to
Samuel r. Dibert. parts lots II and
13. square 12.; So; stamps. 81.
GRISWOLD'S ADDITION TO ANA
COSTIA-Maude II. GriSwold TO
Frances e. Frazier. part lot 269.
slU: stamps. 80 cents.
EEALL'S ADVENTURE - John W.
Glennan to Jeremiah Boyd, part lot
IS. square 5147; $40: stamps 80
cents.
LINWOOD HEIGHTS-John w. Glen
IA. block s: SO; stamps. so cents.
NO. 454 RIDGE STREET NORTHWEST
-Sallie u. CiSSel, administrators, to
John Atkins, part original lot 40.
square 513: $1,000.
NO. 1000 | STREET THWE EST
r y. Van Reuth and S. J. Henry.
trustees. to l.. Oliver johnson. part
lot II. square 54i: SS.I50.
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ENDS LIFE WITH POISON.
Theodore Clewell Takes 12O Grains,
But Conceals Fact.

Theodore Clewell. forty-two years old,
a machinist. who resided at 306 11th
street southeast, died at Casualty Hos
pital about l o'clock this morning as
a result of a dose of 120 grains of
poison he took with suicidal intent
Clewell, who gave no explanation o.
his conduct. took the poison Wedncs-
day night, but it was not until yes
terday that he told what he had done
Dr. j. Albert Potter was summoned
to the Clewell residence Wednesday
night He ordered the patient taken
to the hospital, and yesterday when
CIewell said he had taken the poison
his condition was SO critical that prac-
tically nothing could be done for him.
The poison was bought at a drug
store in Southeast Washington. Clew-
ell giving a fictitious name and ad-
dress. Mrs. Clewell, who was visiting
in Pennsylvania, reached the city be-
fore her husband died. The coroner
gave certificate of suicide
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u BOAT COMMANDER PUNISHED;
AUSTRIA is TO PAY INDEMNITY
Vienna Reply to Wilson Note Places Part
of Blame for Loss of Life on Ancona's
Crew and Seeks Further Negotiations.

LONDON, December 81 alm-The Austrian reply to the
that the commander
the Austrian punished for sufficiently taking
panic which rendered disem
barkaton difficult
The Austrian reply further expresses hope that Washington
will able supply OF how American
evidence lacking and the
United being unable how the American came
their death the Austro Hungarian is ready
lightly this and indemnify for damages whose
hopes thereby that the incident
will be
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TURKISH STATEMENT.
CONSTA ANTINOPLE. December 30. via
LONDON. December 81:

(ONS'A DCSSh"'ssi ""' s'n
LONDON. December 81:
In the fighting near Materuh the Sc
nussi captured Us English.
q, the Dardanelles front, the 18th, a
battIeship and a torpedo boat fired
some shells on Anafarta and with
drew. Our artillery drove off a tor
nedo boat which attempted to ap-
proach Ari Burnu.
Near Seddul Bahr the night of the 2Sth,
there was very vigorous bombing
encounter on the right wing. Toward
noon two enemy vessels bombarded
our position in the center Tor some
time The enemy exploded three
mines one OF which caused two fur
ther explosions, destroying an enemy
trench which remained in the en-
emys hands.
On the 18th q French battleship. an
caoring west of Yeni Shehr, bonn
barded our Anatolian coast narrows.
The vessel was hit by two of our
shells and, enveloped in flames and
smoke steamed away.
The night of December 2S-29 our bat
teries successfully bombarded the
surroundings of Seddul Bahr, the
landing place at Tekke Burnu and
enemy camp sheds.
The 10Th one of our seaplanes bombed
the enemy camp at Seddul Bahr,
causing a hre.
Another Turkish statement issued yes
terday says
Irak front: The battle near kut-el-
Amara continues. with considerable
intervals. At the occupation of
Shark Said we took 40 tons Of pc
troleun and benzine belonging to the
British.
Caucasus front: There have been no
important events. only patrol en-
gaRements
Dardanelles front: December 81 and "a
our artillery. replying to the fire OF
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Railway Building Falls Off.

CHICAGO, December 31.-Fewer miles
of railroad were built in the United
States during 1915 than in any other
year since 1864 and more miles of rail
road were in receivers hands during
the year than ever before. according
to railway statistics compiled from Of
fetal sources by the Railway Age Ga
zette, just made public There have
been only three other years since lS4S
in which the increase in railway mile
age was less than 1000. and those We're
the civil war years of 1861. 1862 and
1861
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Why Capital Fell in 1914.

Capt Robert l. Rees. L. S. A. read a
paper today describing the organiza-
ton of the British expeditionary force
to this country in 1914 and said that
the causes for the failure of the de-
Tense of Washington were lack of ade-
quate preparation. poor leadership, in
ferior quality of troops. lack of sup
plies and tactical blundering.
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Gales Delay Ford's Voyage.

NEW YORK, December 3l.-The steam
ship Bergensfjord. on which Henry Ford
is returning from his peace expedition,
has been delayed ny high westerly gales
and will not reach this port until Sunday
morning. according to radio message
from the steamer today.
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AUSTRIAN STATEMENT.

VIENNA, December 30, via London n.-
cember 81:
Russian theater: The battles in East
Galicia are increasing in extent and
violence The enemy Yesterday di- :
rected attacks not only against the
Bessarabian front but also against
our positions to the east of the lower
middle Stripa. His advance failed,
due mostly to the fire of our bat
teries. Where the storming columns
endeavored to penetrate our positions
they collapsed under the fire Of ar
tillery or machine guns
When attacked at the brideehead of
Purkanow the enemy left 800 dead or
wounded. Three officers and $40 men
surrendered. The total number of
prisoners taken yesterday in east Ca
licia was LOO
On the Ikwa-Putilowka front there
were local artillery battles on
kormyn brook, tributary of the
Styr, the Austro-Hungarian troops
repulsed several Russian attacks
Italian theater; On the Tyrolean front
attempted attacks on Torbole and
Carbonile mountain were stopped by
our fire. On the ridges north of To-
male pass the Italians, under cover of
a Red Cross flag. attempted to con-
struct wire entanglements. but were
vigorous bomb-throwing contests
lasted until night.
Southeastern theater: There is nothing
to report
In the harbor of Durazzo one steamer
and one sailing vessel have been
sunk The fire of several coast bat :
teries was silenced during which
two destroyers struck mines. The
Lika was sunk and the Triglav was
damaged. The greater part of the
crews was saved
The Triglav was taken in tow, but fter
some hours had to be sunk, az su-
periOr numbers of hostile cruisers
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cember 81:
Yesterday morning an enemy scout
ship and five destroyers appeared OF
Durazzo in order to bofhpaTd the
place They did insignificant dam
age, and then were attacked bN itat-
ian and allied ships cruising IN the
neighborhood. The Austrian torpedo
boat destroyers Tri~ Law ana Lika
were sunk Survivors from the Lika
were taken prisoners.
An enemy aeroplane was shot down bJ
one of our dcstroyers. All OF our
ships returned to port undamaged
In the Lagarina valley groups or en-
emy infantry repeatedly attacked in
the euvirons of Costello Dante, south
Of Rovereto, but were repulsed, leav-
ing some prisoners In our hands. In
the region of Col di Lana the enemy $
sttempted attack was halted by our
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FRUITS AND NUS.

CraOl,crries. i0c qt.
Oranges, 25c TO 5Oc doz.
Grapes tCalifl. - TO
IJc III.
Grapes MalaSal. Sc 10
2aJc 10.
PccanS, 25c III.
English waluuts. aoc to
&c 10.
Brazil nuts. e0c TO &c
lb.
Fiberts. 20 III.
Almonds, zoe 10 22ac IN.
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Lemons. ioc 10 l5c doz.
Apples. 1oc !. PIX.
Zines. lSc a doz.
Pears. fancy. 40c to 1Sc
doz.
Pears. home grown. i5c
Y PIX.
Grapefruit. DC to i0c
caco
Casaha melons, 40c to
zoe each.
Pineapplcs. 20c 10 SOC
each.
Strawberries, .5c at.
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LABOR WILL ACT
ON CONSCR|PT|ON
Calling of Congress Most Sig-
nificant Event in British
Turmoil.
SOUTH WALES MINERS
ARE OPPOSING PLAN
Still Hoped That Factions in the
Cabinet May Be Reconciled
on Issue

LONDON. December 31.-The most
significant turn in the past twenty-four
hours in the conscription turmoil in
England is the announcement that the
labor party has called a general trades
union congress fo' January =, 10 consider
the governments proposed plan. The
South Wales miners association has
taken a definite stand against compul-
sion, and although il still is hoped
that several cabinet designations will
be avoided. this is by no means certain.
An audience which Premier Asquith
had with the king gave rise to reports
o. actual cabinet designations 1t is
stated, however. on the best of authority
that this was not the case. and that
Premier Asquith saw the king with
reference to the general situation and
the New Year honors.
The draft committee of the cabinet,
which is said to include Sir John Si-
mon. ged in preparing the pro-
posed bill, is reported to have rejected
two or three drafts already, but has
nov virtually settled on the method.
which will be to make the Derby
scheme statutory and only for the du
ration of the war. The men who have
not attested will be ordered to enroll
themselves within given period of
fortnight or three weeks
1t is said that the government is con-
fident of its ability to pass the bill
through all stages in a fortnight.
Gossip of designations.
There is still gossip of the posi- Bile
designations of the Earl of Selborne.
president of the board of agriculture;
Earl Curzon of kedleston. lord of the
privy seal. and one or two other cab
met ministers, who demand out-and-
out conscription. but according to the
Daily Express, which is likely 20 be
well informed III this matter, this diff
hculty has been composed and there is
no longer an expectancy that the con-
Scrlptionists will resign.
Call Result of Conference.
The calling of the special trade con-
gress is the result of a protra cted con-
ference of the parliamentary commit
tee of the Trades Union congress, the
ana the management committee of the
General Federation of Trades Unions
held yesterday under the presidency
of Arthur Henderson president OF the
board of education.
The executive committee of the Min
ers' Federation of South Wales met
yesterday and unanimously adopted a
resolution against the sinister efforts
OF certain party politicians and a sec
ton of the press to impose conscrip-
ton Oh the people.
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Warships Fire on What Is Left.

At daybreak every transport was
clear of the bay, and only the war
ships remained. These began to fire
on the beach. breaking up the piers,
sunken ships and water tanks, on the
general principle of leaving nothing
but firewood for the enemy.
AZ length the Turks awoke. They
saw the fires and began to fire on them.
They must have seen that the ships
were firing on their own positions, but
perhaps. they thought the Anzacs had
gone mad and were firing on one an
other.
The Turks in Suvla bay for a long
time had no inkiing of the reality, as
they plastered the British positions
where there was now not a soul, with
nigh explosives for hours, and were
still doing when the battleship
from which the correspondent was
watching the entertainment departed
at 8 o'clock. O.
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Fitzhugh j. Dodson. chief harbor-
master for Baltimore, new position.
has been announced.
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Heritage of Moslems.

in the Anzac zone. They could be seen
climbing out of their trenches and
peeping into ours soon after day break,
but the shells OF the warships sent
them back in a hurry. The heritage
OF the Turks amounted to few picks
and shovels and a number of hospital
tents All the guns were brought OF
except FIVE. which were destroyed, in
cluding two WORKOUT howitZers
1t cannot be said that the troops
were sorry to leave, but in view of the
ore forebodines OF a few days ago all
are keenly satisfied with the success OF
what viii rank as one of the most brill
liant operations in military history
carried out In the face of an enemy
SJ,"00 strong"
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FRENCH STATEMENT.

PARIS. December 81. 2:3O p.m.:
In Champagne the enemy made an at
tempt last night to capture, by
means of an attack with hand gre
nades. a small observation post near
hill No. 1875. The attack failed com
pletely. The night was relatively
calm on the rest of the front.
Last nights French official statement
reads:
In Artois our artillery exploded mu-
nltions depot to the southwest OF
Beaurains. Between the Avre and
the Disc our trench guns were active
effectively pombarding enemy works
ana destroying a munitions depot il
the sector OF Beauvraignes. Be
tween the Disc and the Aisne our bat
teries destroyed machine gun shell
ters near Bailly.
To the north of scissors the fire of our
artillery, directed by aeroplanes, si-
fenced and damaged a German bat
terry.
In the Vosges the cannonade was very
active during the course of the day
especially in the region of Hart
manns- W Weilerkopf, MetZeral and the
Linge. One of our shells caused il
the wood to the northwest of Muhl-
bach. valley of the Fecht, five sue
cessive and powerful detonations. In
the region OF RenIelSen German at
tack with grenades was easily re-
pulsed
The Belgian official communication
reads. The activity on the front held
by the Belgian army was less pro
nounced today than during the pre-
cedins days. Artillery duels TOOK
place chiefly in the environs of Dix
nude and farther to the south.
Army of the orient: December 20 oul
aeroplanes bombarded the parks and
encampments of the Bulgarians al
Petrik. east of Lake Doiran. There
is nothing to report on this side OF
the Greek frontier.
Expeditionary corps of the Darda.
nelles: Great activity of both artil-
leries took place December % and 20
The enemy has directed his fire prin-
cipally against the trenches at Sed
dul Bahr. In the morning of the
18th a French cruiser violently bonn
barded the Turkish batteries on the
Asian coast. In the afternoon hos
tile aeroplane which attempted to fly
over our lines was driven off by al
lied aeroplaneS.
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WAR OFFICIALLY REPORTED.

hostile cruiser and torpedo boat
siienced the guns of those vessels.
which, without effect, had directed
their fire against Anafarta and Ar
Burnu, and compelled them to with
draw
Near Seddu1 Bahr. the 2Tth and 18th.
there was violent grenade fighting
ana cannonading on the right wing
and in the center. During the after
noon two cruisers shelled our right
wing for a short time. but ceased
firing because of the counteraction of
our artillery. and withdrew. One Of
the cruisers had been hit During
Inc forenoon our artillery brought
down biplane that was flying over
feni Shehr and Kun Kaleh. 1t fell
INTO the sea in the vicinity of Tekke
Burnu and Seddul Bahr
December - one of our seaplanes un-
dertook reconnoitering trips. flying
over the islands of Lemnos and
MaVro. and successfully dropped
bombs in the harbor Toulouse at
Mudros, which was set on fire 9th
erwise there is no news
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BRITISH STATEMENT.
LONDON. December 30:

Last nights statement follows:
Yesterday sixteen of our aeroplanes
bombed the Confines station and hit
the station. lines and sheds in the
vicinity. Ten of our aeropIanes at
tackled heavily the aerodrome and
did considerable damage. In both
cases all the machines returned
safely
During the day there were'twelve en-
counters with hostile aeroplanes. One
of our machines engaged four of the
enemy's. one of which is believed to
have been brought down. Another
was damaged, and all four were
driven Off One of our aeroplanes
p was brought down as a result of a
combat with two machines.
During the night the enemy heavily
shelled our trenches south of Fri
court. A few Germans entered one
of our front trenches, but were i'm
mediately driven out.
The weather has been fine. Our artil-
lery has been active at several
places on the front. North of Ypres
there has been activity on both sides
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Served With John w. Forney.

John W. Forney was secretary of the
Senate when Mr.. Nixon was appointed
financial clerk. Mr.. Nixons predeces-
sor had defaulted in the amount of
$3S.o0O, and Mr.. Nixon was called
upon to settle the accounts of the
Senate, and was retained in the Office
Of financial clerk.
In addition to service with Mr.. For
ney. Mr. Nixon has served under the
following secretaries of the Senate:
George c. Gorham, John G. Burch, An
son c. McCook, William r. Cox,
Charlie G.. Bennett and James NJ
Baker Mr.. Burch died while secretary
Of the Senate, and for three months
thereafter Mr.. Nixon filed the Office
Mr. Nixon has been lifelong resi-
dent of the District. In 1868 he was
appointed by Andrew Johnson to be
Justice of the peace, and a year later
was appointed a notary public. The
latter, office he has held ever since.
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PAYS OUT S12O,0OO,0OO
SINCE DECEMBER, 1867
Richard B. Nixon in Point of Serv-
ice Is Oldest Government Dis
bursting Officer.

Richard E. Nixon, financial clerk of
the Senate. has the distinction of the
longest continuous service of any dis
bursting officer in the United States
government He was appointed finan-
cial clerk of the Senate December 81,
1867, and for two years before that
he was cashier in the city post Office
of Washington.
During his long service in the Senate
wing of the Capitol Mr.. Nixon has dis
bursed about S12O,00O,O 900. Not once in
his long period of service has he taken
leave for thirty consecutive days. AL
though Mr.. Nixon viii be seventy five
years old in April. he has the appear
ance OF a man fifteen or twenty years
Younger
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and destroyers menaced the retreat
of our whole flotilla, which returned
to its base.
Among the hostile ships only Brit
ish cruiser of the class Of the Bristol
or Falmouth and a French destroyer
of the class of the Boucher were
clearly Identified
RUSSIAN STATEMENT.
PETROGRAD. December 80. via Lon
don. December 81:
Western (Russian) theater: An enemy
attempt to approach our trenches on
the Bansk road with armored motor
cars was easily frustrated by our
fire.
On the whole of the Riga front there
have been artillery duels and rire
firing. The fire was particularly in
tense near the bridgehead of uskull'
Successful operations of our artillery
are reported from various points.
On the rest of the front as far as the
Pripet region there has been the
usual artillery and rifle firing.
The lighting continues on the front
south of the Pripet
Caucasus 'front.' On the coast region
of the Black sea and southwest Of
Mount Tortum our fire stopped Turk
ish working parties constructing
for.ificationS
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Turks Expect Attack.

This had the desired effect. The Turks
thought the Australians were attacking
aud maintained a furious rifle fire for
forty minutes. Shortly afterward
tongue OF fame shot up from the beach
on the south of Suvla bay. A great pile
of aba ndoned foodstuffs, soaked with
petrol. had been fired. Soon afterward
more flames made their appearance on the
west beach. and during the last two hours
OF the night huge waves of fame reddened
the sea and sky for miles around, and
columns Of thick. black smoke lowered
hundreds OF feet high in the windless air.
Surely, every one thought, this will
wake the Turks up. They We're welcome
10 make their discoveries now. But even
tnc angry glare OF the sky, which must
have been visible for many miles. failed
10 attract the attention Of the Turks.
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Whole Area Visa BILE.

The Turks occupied the higher
ground all around. Nearly the whole
Suvla area was visible to them. and the
main embarlling beach could be over
looked from Snipers ridge, 1,lo0 yards
away.
During the days preceding the with
drawal the Turks kept up the usual
daily quantity of shells at the usual in
tervals ana tine British guns replied.
Sunday this fire usual.
Sunday night the greatest activity
began secretly in the British camps. BY
O'Clock in the morning everybody was
of but the parties sent i'll to search
for stra gglers, who were taken off as
late as s in the morning. At 1926 in
the morning sappers at Anzac exploded
a huge mine between them and the
Turks on RusSells top, which is neck
between the two ridges. along which
il was not desirable that the Turks
should follow the retiring 'Anzacs-
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GalIipoIi Feat Declared One of
Worlds Greatest Military
Achievements.
EXPECTED GREAT LOSS
FAILS TO MATERIALIZE
England S Men Constantly in Reach
of Enemy Guns. But They Do
Not Suffer.

LONDON. December 3I.-The Reuter-
correspondent at British headquarters
at the Dardenelles. under date of De-
cember II. sends the most detailed de-
scription Vet received from any other
source of the departure of the British
forces from the Suvla and Anzac
zones While he evidently has been
permitted to send only the more gen.
eral facts. the dispatch adds consider
ably to the information heretofore
available.
He emphasizes particularly the sur
prise which all the British authorities
felt at the complete success of their ef-
forts to hoodwink the Turks.
The withdrawal was completed in
the small hours of Monday morning.
says the correspondent. soldiers.
guns. horses, mules, transport vehicles
of all kinds, the entire reserve of am
munition and nearly all the stores were
removed from the beaches under the
eyes and under the guns of the power
full Turkish army. which never realized
some hours after the last officers of the
beach parties had slipped into the
picket boats and steamed away.
Little Excuse for Turks. Claim.
THE probability of a withdrawal had
been reckoned with by the British
troops for many weeks. Field Marshal
Earl Kitchener had made careful per
sonal examination and kept his coun-
sci, but everybody else was not SO dis
Greet and there really was little excuse
for the Turks failing to realize what
was in the wind. They, of course, count
ed on the difficulty and danger of the
operation as likely to deter the at
tempt.
The question of what proportion
the loss would be had been care
fully weighed by the British higher
command. That the thing could he
done without loss entered nobodys
mind. The problem was to withdraw
several divisions and their equipmenl
occupying front 10000 yards long
and hardly anywhere more than about
500 yards. and at some points not nifty
Yards. from the eE2mys trenches. ana
embark them from the beaches. winch
nowhere were beyond field gun range
of the enemy and at many places were
actually within rifle range.
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ITALIAN STATEMENT.

ROME, December 20. via London, De-
cember 81: