The Taney County republican., 1916-01-27
ALLIES give Up
GALLIPOLI Fight
Evacuation Of Positions Sue
CeSSfu!Iy Carried Out, De-
Clares British Report.
ONLY ONE MAN WAS WOUNDED
General Monro Says British Soldier
Was Hurt--Turks Claim a
Great Victory.

London, Jan. 10.-A semi >tficial
report from Constantinople, according
to an Amsterdam dispatch to Reu.
ters Telegram Company, claims the
capture by the Turks Of a great enc
my camp and nine guns, and the sink
ing Of an enemy vessel with troops
near Seddul Bahr.
1t is officially announced that the
complete evacuation Of the Gallipoli
peninsula has been successfully car.
ried out. The remaining positions
held by the allies there have been
abandoned with the wOunding of only
one man among the British and
French, according to British official
statement issued tonight This news
has been expected for several days by
the keener observers of the near east
ern campaign, as the retirement OF
the troops from Amaze and Suvla bay
three weeks ago left no strategic ad-
vantage to the retention Of the tin of
the peninsula.
British Regret Move.
Nevertheless the news will be re-
CeiYed with pang Of regret by the
people of the British isles, as we'll as
the colonies.
Renewed activity of various kinds
noted by the Turkish official commun.
ications in the past few days has pre-
sumably been in the nature OF prepar.
ations for the final act of the Darda-
nelles tragedy. Tonights Turkish Of
ficial statement, covering the period
from Thursday and Saturday, records
increasing effectiveness of reinforce.
ments OF the Turkish batteries, which
have been drawing in and concentrate
ing on the allies remaining positions.
One Soldier Wounded.
General Sir Charles Monro, accord
ing to the official statement, reports
that only one British soldier was
| wounded in the evacuation and that
there were no casualties among the
French. All the guns were saved ex-
cept seventeen worn out ones which
were blown up
The official communication issued
this evening says:
General Sir Charles Monro reports
that the complete evacuation Of Gal.
lipoli has been successfully carried
out. All the guns and hOwitzers were
carried away with the exception of
seventeen worn out guns, which were
blown UP by Us before leaving.
Our casualties amounted to one
member OF the British rank and file
wounded. There were no casualties
among the French.
General Monro states that the ac.
complishment Of this difficult task was
due to Generals Birdwood and Davies
and invaluable assistance rendered in
an operation of the highest difficulty
by Admiral De RObeck and the royal
navy.
Russia Motive Not Revealed.
London, Jan. S.-Some idea of the
determined nature of the Russian blow
on the Bessarabian front is conveyed
by Petrograd dispatches today which
state that the Russians for fifty hours
concentrated four hundred guns on the
Austrians' positions at Czernowitz as
q preparation for an infantry attack
The Russian communications do not
yet claim that CZernowitZ has fallen,
but dispatches from German sources
admit the Teutonic position there is
critical.
1t It not yet clear whether the Rus.
sian operations in this theater herald
a big general offensive movement of
all the Russian armies from the Baltic
TO the Rumanian border or merely
indicate a diversion of unparalleled
magnitude and fierceness designed to
weaken the pressure Of the central
powers in the Balkans and incident.
ally on the Italian front. The fight.
ing has ben Of the most bitter char.
acter, according to both the Austrian
and Russian reports. Few prisoners
are being taken and the infantry en-.
gagements are largely in the nature
Of hand.to-hand encounters.
All the Russian operations thus far
revealed are being pressed along the
railway lines, which simplify the pro
blems of the winter supply of food
ammunition and fuel.
British Lost Eleventh PIunaer.
The loss of British submarine by
a mischance of navigation off the
Dutch coast makes a total of eleven
British submarines lost since the be
ginning OF the war. A majority Of
these, however, have been of the
smaller types.