Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-01-14
ALLIES GIVE UP TAX
ING DARDANELLES
BRITISH REPORT ONE MAN HURT
TURKS DECLARE FOE LOST
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.

London.-It is officially announced
that the complete evacuation of the
Gallipoli 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.
"All the guns and howitzers were
got away with the exception of IL
WORKOUT 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 ac-
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
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 or
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
Anzac and Suvla bay three weeks age
left no strategic advantage to the re
tentioh of the tip of the peninsula.
Nevertheless, the news will be re
, ceived with pang of regret by The
people of the British isles, as we'll a!
the colonies.
Germans Complete Reconquest.
Berlin.-The war office announces
f that near Hirzstein, south of Hartman
, Weilerkopf. the Germans have com
/, pleted their reconquest of the trenches
D which on December 81 fell into thu
! hands of the French. Twenty officers
! 1888 chasseurs and Is machine gun
/ were captured. The French ADM
/ their retreat.
. Collapse of Big Campaign.
. With the withdrawal of the British
!, and French forces from the souther
. tip of the Gallipoli peninsula, after tn
evacuation of the AnZac cove and Su,
la bay positions on the western coas
y in the middle of December, there ha
Y come to an end movement that wa
J. begun with expectations that 1t woul
$ have great bearing on the outcom
IS of the war.
n Thousands upon thousands of me
4 lost their lives in effecting landing
y on the Turkish coast and in the figh
e ing since. In addition, a number {
d battleships and smaller war craft {
l. the entente allies have been sunk {
s. damaged.
r. The chief military purpose of til
q Dardanelles campaign, which was b
" gun in February, 1915, was the ca
e ture of Constantinople and the ope
ing of the Bosporous, so that Russ
n might have an avenue for the receil
m of munitions and also for the export
n tion of grain. For England success
&c meant the prevention Of another Tur
az ish invasion of Egypt.