Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-10
After Loss Of $4,000 Men
and Several English and
One French BattIeship the
Scheme Is Abandoned.
TIP OF GALLIP0Ll
PENINSULA ABANDONED
Plan to Capture Constantine
pie and Relieve Russia
Loses Out Because of Many
BIunderS,

isY MORNING JouRskL SPECIAL Leaeno wlsel
London, Jan. . (9;45 p. m)--it Is
officially announced that the complete
evacuation OF the Gallipoli peninsula
has been successfully carried out
General Sir Charles Monro reports
that only one British soldiers was
wounded in the evacuation, ana that
there were no casualties among the
French: that all the guns were saved.
except seventeen worn out ones which
We're blown up.
With the withdrawal of the British
and French forces from the southern
tip of the Gallipoi peninsula, after
the evacuation of the Amaze cove and
coast in the middle of December,
there has come to an end move
mcnt begun with expectations that 1t
would have great bearing on the
ou-come 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, a 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, 1916, with the bonn
bardment of Turkish forts ut the en-
trance of the straits was the capture
of Constantinople and the opening of
the Bosphorous. which connects the
Mediterranean with the Black sea, so
that Russia might have an avenue for
the receipt of arms and ammunition
md also for the expectation of Rus
sian grain. For England. success
meant the prevention of another
Turkish invasion of Egypt, and the
permanent safety of the Suez canal
and England's communication with
India.
In October. after the successful In
vasion OF Serbia by the Teutons and
the Bulgars, and the reports that Ger
man ammunition was on its way TO
Turkey, storm of bitter criticism of
the governments Dardanelles cam
paign broke loose in England. Sir
Edward Carson, attorney general. re-
signed from the cabinet because of a
over the campaign, 1t
was said, and Winston Churchill. first
lord of the admiralty, the principal
TARGET of attack, also resigned. There
Iiso was a complete reorganization OF
he French cabinet which was gener-
lily attributed to the Balkan situation.
The sending of the fleet 10 force
he Dardanelles without the cooper
ltion of land forces was generally
conceded TO have been the big ini
lal blunder of the campaign. The
nadequacy of the land forces when
hey were sent was criticized as an
,thcr.
The campaign was marked by three
major operations, one by the fleet
llone and two by the land forces as
sisted by the fleet. The net result
vas the conquest of the tip of the
iallipoli peninsula for a distance of
hree miles and n narrow segment
# its middle western coast about
welye miles in length and hardly q
nile deep.
The first disaster came March 10,
rhen mines blew up the French bat
leship Bouvet and the British bat
leship Irresistible and ocean when
hey were attempting a dash for the
arrows, the Notifications of which |
hey had been bombarding for sew
raj weeks
ged at the same time and the fleet
withdrew to the Aegean sea. on the |
anne day, il was announced that Ad- |
niral Garden, the British command |
r. had been replaced by Admiral |
)eRoebeck. DeRoebeck continued !
he bombardment with an occasional |
ash into the straits by the ships un-
il April.
Nra.,at c. ,.e ,.,do1 .f..ct, |
4 at Seddul- Bahr, the tip of the |
eninsula, but they were not strong |
nough to hold their positions.
hey destroyed the fortifications. AL
ed troops, for q landing, came April
8, but meantime the British bat
leship Triumph had been sunk and
he submarine E-l5 went aground
nd fell q victim to Turkish fire.
The first contingent of British
roops under the command of Cen
raj Sir Ian Hamilton, relatively
mall in ,1umbers, landed at Seddul-
'ahr in April, but not without heavy
osscs. French troops landed on the
lsiatic side but they stayed there
My three days The French subse-
uently formed the left wing of the
ritish on Seddul- Bahr.
Earl in May other British troops
sndcd on the north side of the PEN
1suIa near Ari Barnu, which after
ard came TO be known as Anzac cove.
he name was taken from the initials
I the Austrian and New Zealand
rmy corps. which comprised the
lnding forces. Their object was to
ross the peninsula and cut the COM
Of the Turkish divisions
/ Seddul- Bahr and storm the Turkish
1rts on the Gallipoli side of the mar
ows, thus opening the way for the
lfe entrance of the British fleet.
hey sustained terrible losses and al
lost from tnat moment the fighting
titled down to trench warfare which
as maintained until August G. when
landed, again with
reat casualties, in the famous Amaze
ove and Suvla bay positions. II
Tho veteran Anzac troops won