The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-10
Campaign In The Peninsula u
Abandoned, Evacuation Is
Accomplished " it'll But One
Briton Wounded
TURKS OUTWiTTED BY
MOVEMENT OF FORCES
Is CLAIM OF ALLIES
British Suffered Great Losses
Declare turkish Reports
Djemel Pasha Stalls; Loyalty
OF Arabs Doubted-0ermans
ketake trenches

London, Jan. 9.--The carnpalga 4:
the Dardanei.es mas been apanaoiaesl.
IN" positions AL me TIP of the Ia,-s
upon Eeuinsula, when were retained
Wneh me BriuSh troops lcft SILVIA
Bay ana AuZal Cove on december III. )
haEe nov bGeu evacuated. Not a iSrit-3i
lsn nor French soldier nCW remains
on the peninsula where more ;lfun
10000 men were Killed or wounded
sine" April last in futile attempts To
fora Turkish -4ines.
The evacuation of the last allied
position was effectsu, according ia the
otfcla. announcement with rne loss
of ere British soldier wounded tha
Fret.t suffering no casualties This
appears to have been an even murs
remarkable exploit than the with
drawal from the Suv.a Bay and Anxec
positions. where, the official statement
said, the losses incurred we're in-
Significant.
Turks Again Outwittcd.
On tho earlier ocCasiun. the state~
ment said the operations were carr
ried out without he Turks heing
aware Of the movement. although the
alli"s troops had been in the efoSest
contacc with the enemy. The With
draWol Of So large a force from The
tip az the peninsula under The gaas
of -. Turkish batteries on bnta sides
OF the strait would seem to intitrain
tha5 the Turks AGAIN We're entwitted.
In contrast with the statement Of
only one wounded. a statement issued
by the Turkish war office and re-s
ceiyed here To-Day tells OF hcavys ar-8
tille-y fighting on Thursday, f'iday
and Saturday all along the line across
the peninsula ON Saturday. tn. Turk-
ish statement says. the Turkish bait
teries on the siAatiC coast shelled the
landing places at Stdd-el- Bahr ami
Tekkt -Burnu. and Also sheiied allied
troops in the Kereves Deere Naftes4
leading TO tho strait from tire krithil
Heignts 1t would seem pre- bable that
the troops shelled in this valley may
havs been on their way from the pos
stionS south of tho heights to fha
shore for purposes CT embarkatinn.
Niles Lose Heavily. Turks Claim.
According to Turkish renertsa tbs
Turks compelled the abandonment OF
the allied positions after a violent ias.s1
lie in which the British suffered g-cas
losses. Reuters corresponding as
Amsterdam forwards a semi-affsriat
report from Const4ntinople sayissgs
that tho Turks claim the capture of Al
great enemy camp and nine guns, and
the sinking Of an enemy vessel witA
troops.
Newspaper dispatches received IN
Constaptinople and forwarded by tho Il
same correspondent say that as -.
suit of the heavy fighting the Allies
evacuated Sedd-el- Bahrs
and that the peninsula is now clear
of the enemy"
All Good Guns Saved
Announcement of the evacuation OF
the last posltioJWE on the tip of tbs
peninsula, was 3lnade today by the
press bureau in the following otIaciel
General Sir Charles Monro reports
that the complete evacuation OF tbs
fully carried out. All guns and how
ton of seventeen wornout guns, which
were blown up before leaving Our
ca sualties were one wounded. There
were no casualties among the F'r<nchs
troops"
General Monro states that the sue-
,essful accomplishment of the fliftrM1t
task was due TO Lieutenant-G General
william Riddell Birdwood commando
ing the Arzacsl and 10 the invalua htA
4 ssistance rendered in an operation 0f Il
the highest difficulty by yice-Admlrat
John Michael DeRoeback and this
navy.
Turco- German Expedition Halted.
Rome. Jan. a-The Turco-lsersniIn
expedition against Egypt is held fI
Allowance to the refusal of DiesNal
'asha to attack the Suez Canal WITH
,nt q German vanguard OF ss.Vh0R
licked troops.
The completion OF the railroad pnt
~ Jerusalem is not being puNIte fI%es