The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-12
TURKS ONSLAUGHT
REPULSED IN LAST
GALLIPOLI BATTLE
British Lost Only 1876 in At
tacks That Preceded
Withdrawal.
ARMY SLIPPED OUT
Under FOES NOSES
SPECIAL Cable DespsscA to Tns ous.

IoNpoN. Jan. 1.-THE last battle
fought on the Gallipoli Peninsula is de-
scribed In an oficia, report from Sir
Charles Monro. the British commander.
made public by the press bureau to-
night. Gen. Monro gives some details
Of the e~mbarkatlon and OF the difficult
ties under which he withdrawal was
carried out.
The last battle was fought on Janu-
ary :. the day preceding the evacuation.
n Cape Helles. the Turks making the
attack after an intense and continuous
tomba rdment. followed by musket-y
fire and the explosion OF two mines.
The Turks fixed bayonets along the
whole British front In this sector. but
made an assault at only one point, on
Fusil.er BluN. Gen. Monro says that
the Turkish officers vainly attempted to
make their men take up the charge all
along the line
The British casualties were nve off,
GERS and 1870 men killed or wounded.
Because of the heavy weather. which
washed away connecting plates built out
to sunken vessels alongside which de-
s,royers were waiting to take of part
Of the troops and which made II impos-
sihle TO embark troops at Gully Betu.h,
the embarkation had to be conducted
chiefly at Beach w. just to the south OF
Tekke Rurnu and at Beach Y, under
Ghurka Bluf and opposite Krithia.
The smallness Of the losses in the
withdrawal-announcement already has
been a that only one nan was
wounded-inay be explained by Gen.
Monro. a statement that the Turkish
guns were silent the whole night OF the
t~mbarkation. opening fire only when.
after the evacuation. the British ST ,r-s
acre blown I'm hy time fuses
Gen. Monr mentions a hostile sub
marine being reported of Cape Helles
at 3 A. NJ. Saturday. but makes no
%r1ention OF n attack by it on the trans
ports and warships.
Turkish reports forwarded from Am
sterdam on Sunday said that the British
evacuation was the result of a violent
battle with great Losses, and also told
o. the sinking OF an enemy vessel with
troops near Sedd-el-Bahr. southeast OF
Cape Helles.
Attack at Cape Helles.
Gen. Monro's report. as given out by
the official press bureau follows:
The Turks attempted a heavy at
tack on Cape Heiles on the afternoon
OF January !. The trenches were con
tinuously shelled and the lombard
ment was intense. The Turks opened
AA'hN huFNNA Nv A"tNA 'ifa
kp-ang w mines near the western
'~birdcage' of Fusiher Bluff. They
fixed bayonets all along u front and
their officers endeayored TO make the
men attack.
They were successful only opposite
"Fifth avenue. on Fusiller Bluff.
where the Stafrordshires repulsed the
attack. A large proportion Of the
Turks were killed or wounded. Dur
--... A.. la~sa a-l N
men killed or wounded. our aero
p.,nes report that the naval fire on
the left flank was most accurate. and
Il is probable that the enemy suffered
considerably.
on January 2 the wind increased to
Virty-ive miles an hour and from
midnight onward it was only possible
60 use the piers and lighters. II was
impossible TO embark troops in de-
s'royers alongside the sunken ships at
W beach owing to the fact that. the
connecting piers had been washed
away. Embarkation at Gully Beach
was impossible. One lighter went
ashore, The remaining troops had to
march to W. beach.
In spite OF these difficulties the pro-
gramne az W and y beaches was COM
pieted at 2 80 \. NJ. The troops from
Gully beach n all the beach parties
we're embarked at 4 A. NJ. A hostile
Submarine was reported on Cape
He,les at . A.. NJ. The Turkish artil-
lAry was silent the whole night until
the stores were fired by time fuse at
ter the evacuation. The Turks then
fred red lights along the line n
opened a heavy Smelling Of our beaches
and the second line Of trenches. The
shelllng continued after daybreak.
The French embarkatlons were car
red out by their W navy.