Bisbee daily review., 1915-12-21
MARKS CLOSE 1. IF BIGGEST
 CHAPTER IF WAR
Abandonment of GaIIipOIi Cam paign Announced By British War Office. Abrupt Statement Creates Profound Sensation.
ENGLAND HAD BANKED
 On PENINSULA PLAN.
Vienna Report Says Failure of Allied Fleets to Renew Attack on Day Following March l9, Cost Them Certain Victory.

LONDON. Dec Announcement of the British withdrawal from Galli- poll overshadowed all war news. For the British public the abrupt war of flee statement marks the end of one of the great chapters in the wars his tory. The shock of the news was hardly broken by rumors which had been current for some days, Popular newspapers commenting on the sub feet. said: This ends the enterprise in which the highest hopes were built. If it had succeeded it probably would have turned the tide of war. Our troops from first to last were within few miles of victory
 The British continue to occupy Sed- dul-Bahr. commanding the entrance to the straits A double line of ships protect this position which it is as- sumed will be held Reports from the ] Greece Bulgarian encounter, resulting i from the Bulgarian surprise attack, cleared the Greek statement of the en- counter which occurred in Albania. None were killed and few wounded. Order has been restored and an amica- ble inquiry is proceeding.
 The policy underlying the Darda- nelles expedition may yet be carried Co a successful issue in some other quarter of the Near East, but the pros pect of forcing a way 10 Constantine .ple through the straits apparently has been relinQuished.
 A fair degree Of quiet exists on all war fronts None of the threatened onensiyes in France, Russia or the Balkans has yet materialized
 Paris announces that no enemy de- tachments have yet crossed the Greek frontier In the meanwhile defensive lines around Saloniki are being estab-
 ished Villages in the neighborhood
 of the lines are being evacuated by the populace Greek military circles declare they convinced the Allies ap- ponents will not attempt to cross the
 frontier the Bulgarians because they
 realize the danger of provoking the
 Greeke. the Germans because they have realized the tremendous cost the
 enterprise will entail.
 REMAIN ON PENINSULA LONDON, Dec 20.-An official state ment intimated that operations in oth- CT sections of Gallipoli than that from
 which the troops were withdrawn will
 be continued The statement said:
 "Evacuation of Anzac and Suvla zones ' was accomplished without the Turks
 being aware of the movement of the great army, although in closest con tact with the enemy By such con traction operations in other points
 will be more effectively prosecuted. ENDS UNFORTUNATE CHAPTER The withdrawal ends more success 7 fully than most military men thought possible the unfortunate chapter ir a British arms i'm the war Thousands u of lives were sacrificed in gaining DO u sitions Other thousands were lost iI
 holding them The question has beer o constantly discussed why the gener e als didn't try 10 make a landing nea i' the center of the peninsula n the be V ginning and cut off the Tukrish troop
 at the lower end When an attemp S was made to secure a foothold highe ' up on Inc peninsula, the Turks wer, VI prepared 10 meet it.
 r Tbe British arrangements lackeu , several essential features, particular ly drinking water General Munr
 favored withdrawal of troops when h.
 took command of the Dardanelles. bu .e the popular belief. shared by militor 'e men, was that thousands of soldier n could not board the transports an i' effect a complete withdrawal from tn 'e trenches without calamitous loss c
 life
 DEFENDERS DESPERATE
 VIENNA, Dee 2o.-Had the Allie
 fleet returned to attack the Dardane w les batteries on the day after tn ', great bowbsrdment Of March 10. las n tbe waterway to Corstantinople woul