New-York tribune., 1916-01-11
Withdrawal To Be "Imper-
ishabIe in History" Says
Premier.
KING TO HONOR
MONRO AND AIDS
Turks Assert British Lost Trans.
port-Much Booty Found
in Camps.

London. Jan. 10. The British retire
mcnt from the Dardanellcs was re-
ferred to by Premier Asquith in ad-
dressing the House of Commons this
afternoon.
"The House will learn with extreme
qualification of the retirement OF the
force at Cape Hclles (at the tip of the
Gallipoli Peninsula without the loss
Of n single life" the Premier said.
"Of eleven guns left behind, ten were
worn out lb-pounders which were rem
dered unfit for further service before
they were abandoned. All stores of re-
serve ammunition which could not be
removed were set afre before the re-
tirement.
he whole retirement was conducted
with minimum loss. These operations.
taken IN conjunction with the earlier
ones from Suvla and Anzac, are. I be
lieye, without parallel IN military or
naval history. That they should have
been carried out without any loss, con-
sidering the vast amount OF personnel
p
, ment whereof all concerned the COM
manding officers, officers and men of
both services may well be proud. It
deserves, and ! am suro will receive,
the profound gratitude Of King and
country, and takes an imperishable
place in our national history. His
majesty will be advised that Monro,
Robeck. Wemyss. Birduood, David and
other officers should receive special
recognition"
Declines GsllIpoli Inquiry.
Mr.. Asquith refused 70 give the
House an opportunity at present 10 dis
cuss Sir Ian IIamltons report on the
Dardsnelles expedition or to appoint a
committee of inquiry.
Official announcement OF the Allied
evacuation Of the. Gallipoi Peninsula
was made by the Paris War Office to-
night In the following statements:
"On the night of January 80 the
complete evacuation Of the Gallipoli
Peninsula prepared in detail some days
ago, was perfectly carried out by the
English command and the commandant
of our eXpeditionary corps. Il was
effected without the loss of any French
material beyond six guns which were
useless and are included in the seven
teen pieces which the English an
nounccment reported destroyed
"The enemy opened fire AZ 5 o'clock
in the morning, when the cmbarkation
ended"
The sinking of transport ship Of
the Allies. fled with troops, at the
time Of the withdrawal of the French
, and British forces from tho tip of the
Gallipoli Peninsula is reported in Con-
stantinople dispatches given out in
Berlin to-day b. the Overseas Agency.
Turks Claim Transport Sunk.
The following dispatch. under date
Of Constantinople, was given out by
the news agency:
The Mill Agency states that the
Turks we're making preparations for
three days for the attack on the Brit
ish and French. and that the results
are not yet fully known. All the po-
sitions of the enemy near Scdul- Bahr
and Teke Burnu were occupied by the
Turks, nine cannon being captured
Turkish artillery sank an enemy trans
port filled with soldiers. An enormous
amount Of booty was captured.
"A Turkish aeroplane shot down an
enemy biplane near Sedul-Bahr.'
The official British account Of the
evacuation said that the only casualty
in connection vith the withdrawal was
the wounding of one British soldkr