The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-10
ATTACK UPON TURKEY ABANDONED
TURKEY

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
3 LONDON, Jan. 10.-Turklsh forces
estima ated at more than 200, 900, have
tres Of war by the action Of the
allies in completely abandoning the
DardaneiIes campaign.
They comprise the prize corps Of
the Turkish army, hard fighters, sea.
soned In fierce battles on GailipoIi
Tho greater part Of this force, II ID
believed here, will be thrown a.
once into the proposed Egyptian cam
pafon or sent Into Mesopotarta to
aid In the attempt to drive the Brit
ish out Of the garden Of Eden.
With them will 90 several thou
sand heavy guns and field pieces
all calibre, employed by the Turks .
withdrawing the nine months asss =
of the AnoIo-French troops from s. =
-Bahr and suvia bay. Less
twenty thousand men, 1t is estir
here, will be required to garrisc.- .e
DardaneIles forts for the remainder
Of the war.
No hint as to what disposition will
be made Of the AngIo-Freneh forces
Withdrawn from GaIlipoli 10 permitted
to be made by the censor. There 10
considerable speculation, however, AZ
to the possibilities both In the Bal
kans and in Egypt. Climatic condl-
tlons on GaIIpoIi have particularly
fitted the DardaneiIes troop for
operations in Egypt, should they be
needed.
A large fleet Of battIeships, cruis-
ers, submarines, destroyers and mine
sweepers and other war craft were
set free for operations elsewhere with
the abandonment Of the Dardanelles
attempt.
Details Of the evacuation Of the last
positions at sedd-Ui-6ahr werc still
lacking today.
no stock in constantinople dispatches
porting that the aliies' losses were
extremely heavy.
The Daily Express, commenting on
the ofsiclal report OF General Monro
that British, casuaIties consisted Of
one man wounded and that the
French suffered no losses, deci1red
that the withdrawal was 'the most
glorious failure in history"
The other papers voiced similar ex-
pressIons Of satisfaction that the
troops had been withdrawn without
heavy slaughter.
That complete evacuation OF the
GaIIipoIi positions was inevitable,
was generally understood here after
the surrender Of the positions at
Suvla bay and In the Anzac region to
the Turks. The Turkish command
ers at once transferred the SuvIa bay
forces to Sedd-Ui-Bahr and were pre-
pairing an attempt to overwheIm the
troops at the tip Of Gal
|ipoIi.
GREATEST VICTORY OF WAR.
BERLIN, (vla wireless to sayviiIe)
Ian. 1O.-A Violent battle lasting for
three days preceded the Ansio-French
from GaIIipoIi peninsula,
to constantinopie dis
patches today, reporting the greatest
Turkish victory Of the war.
Turkish artillery sank an enemy
transport filled with soldiers" Con-
reported. "All the enemy's
oositIons were occupied by Turkish
:roops and enormous piles Of booty,
Is yet uncountcd, were taken. In the
inal fighting Turkish ae"orIane
shot down an enemy bipIane of the
=arman type near sedd.UI-Hahl."
Schools in constantinople have
,een closed and the city decorated In
,untlng.
The Berlin newspapers today point
,ut that the British suffered a severe
oss Of prestige as we'll az enormous
osses in men, ships and money.
They recall Premier Asquith's decIa-
alton that Turkey committed suicide.
They also point out that large Turk
sh continaents are now free for ac-
ion in other theatres.
SURROUNDED BY TURKS.