White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-01-14
ALLIES GIVE Up TAX
ING DARDANELLES
BRITISH REPORT ONE MAN HURT
HEAVILY IN LAST BATTLE.
PENINSULA is NOW CLEAR
Collapse of Big Movement Comes Aft
err Thousands Of Men Are Killed
Germans Complete Reconquest
Of Trenches in the West.

Germans Complete Reconquest
Of Trenches in the West.
London.-It is officially announced
that the complete evacuation of the
Gallipon peninsula has been success
fully carried out.
The official communication issued
says:
General Sir Charles Monro reports
the complete evacuation of Gallipoli
has been successfully carried out.
Call the guns and howitzers were
got away with the exception of II
worn-out guns, which were blown up
by us before leaving.
Only One Man Wounded.
"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 &C.
complishment of this difficult task
was due to Generals Birdwood and Da-
vies, and invaluable assistance rem
dered in an operation of the highest
difficulty by Admiral De Robeck and
the royal navy"
A semi-official report from Constan-
tinople, according to an Amsterdam
dispatch to Reuters Telegram com
pany, claims "the capture by Turks of
a great enemy camp and nine guns
and the sinking Of an enemy vessel,
with troops, near Seddul Bahr"
Another dispatch says the British, as
a result of a violent battle, have COM
pletely evacuated Seddul Bahr, with
great losses The dispatch adds that
newspaper reports from the Darda-
nelles say the Turkish troops have
completely driven the French and Brit
ish forces from Seddul Bahr, and that
the Gallipoli peninsula" is clear of the
enemy"
Move Was Expected.
News of the evacuation of the re-
naming position held by the allies on
Gallipoli peninsula has been expected
for several days by the keener OBJ
servers of the near eastern campaign,
for the retirement of the troops from
Amaze and Suvla bay three weeks ago
left no strategic advantage to the re-
tention of the tip of the peninsula.
Nevertheless, the news will be re-
ceived with a pang of regret by the
people of the British isles, as we'll as
the colonies.
Germans Complete Reconquest.
Berlin.-The war office announces
that near Hirzstein, south of Hartman
Weilerkopf, the Germans have COM
pleted their reconquest of the trenches
which on December 81 fell into the
hands of the French. Twenty officers,
1888 chasseurs and Is machine guns
were captured. The French admit
their retreat
Collapse of Big Campaign.
With the withdrawal of the British
and French forces from the southern
tip of the Gallipoli peninsula, after the
evacuation of the Amaze cove and Suv-
la bay positions on the western coast
in the middle of December, there has
come to an end movement that was
begun with expectations that it would
have great bearing on the outcome
of the war.
Thousands upon thousands of men
lost their lives in effecting landings
on the Turkish coast and in the fight
ing since. In addition, number of
battleships and smaller war craft of
the entente allies have been sunk or
damaged.
The chief military purpose of the
Dardanelles campaign, which was be-
gun in February, 1915, was the cap
ture of Constantinople and the open
ing of the Bosporous, so that Russia
might have an avenue for the receipt
Of munitions and also for the exporta-
ton Of grain. For England success
meant the prevention of another Turk
ish invasion of Egypt.