Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-21
NEW PLANS NO !
SURPRISE To (.
BRITISH PUBLIC
Threats Of an Offensive on Wes.
tern Front Fail to Ma. p
teriali1e. ...
GERMAN REPORTS ON .a.
COMMERCE DESTRUCTION
Reports of Attack on the Greek
Troops by Bulgarians Denied
by Greek ofiials. l..

ment of the British withdrawal from
Gallipoli overshadowed all other war
news tonight. For the British public
the war Offices statement marks the
end of the great chapters Of the wars
history.
The shock of the news was hardly
broken by the fact that rumors had
been current in the street for some
days, and the withdrawal of the
forces had been a matter of wide
spread pro and con discussion ever
since Lord Ribbersdale's famous
speech in. parliament, in which he. de-
clared that withdrawal had been, re.
commended by a high military auth.
ority. =. 49,, 49,. :
Always "Near. Victory. w.. y:
The feeling Of the, man in ;. the
street was generally one Of. relief,
mixed with regret; A popular paper
sums up the British public's attitude
as follows: - -. ,.'a..s :s,.s
sa"Thts ends the enterprise on which
the highest hopes were - built, ..., and
which if it had succeeded would. prob
bly, have turned the tide of the war,
Our troops from the first. to the last
were within few miles Of victory"
The policy underlying the Darda-
nelles expedition may yet be carried
to successful issue in some other
quarter OF the near st,but the pros
poets of forcing a way through Con.
stantinople, through the famous
straits is apparently relinquished.
British troops continue to occupy
the tip OF the peninsula at Sedul
Bahr, commanding the entrance to
the straits, where many British have
declared new Gibraltar will one day
arrive. The position here is protect
ed by double line Of ships. and 1t
is assumed this will be held.
All Fronts Quiet.
A fair degree of quiet, has .cont1n.
ued on the war front during the last
"a hours, and none of the oft repeated
threats of an offensive in France or
Russia and in the Balkans, has as yet
actually materialized.
Persistent reports Of Greek.Bul.
garian encounter, resulting from .
Bulgarian surprise attack, have been
cleared up by the Greek statement
tht the encounter took place on AL.
banian territory. No one was killed
and few were wounded. Order was re-
stored promptly and an amicable in.
Quiry is proceeding.
1t is announced from Paris that no
enemy detachment has as yet crossed
the Greek frontier. -.
Shipping Destroyed. r.
ut is stated on compe;en, German
authority, says the Overseas News
agency, that since the beginning OF
the war to the end of November last,
1874 enemy ships, with tonnage OF
1,447,628 tons, were destroyed. Or
these, 568, with 1,079,492 tons, we're
destroyed by submarines, and S3,
with 94,709 tons, by mines.
"Of the ships destroyed, 624, with
1,231,9 ,944 tons, were British; which
means a loss of SO per cent of the
British tonnage"
Attack Turk Trenches.
Parties OF the British Mesopotami.
an army, that are holding positions
on the Tigris river at Tel !Amara,
have been sallying forth and attack.
ing the Turkish advance trenches, it
was announced in an official report
tonight on the operations Of this ex.
peditionary force. The losses OF the
Turks, since September I, have been
estimated to be $500.
"A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Athens, coming by way Of Massina.
reports that the Greek troops have
occupied Doiran station and, town.
thus interposing themselves between
the Entente Allies line and the BM.
garians.