Show BRITISH WITHDRAW W FROM I Dec 20 The The British troops at the Suvia and Anzac districts of th the Gallipoli peninsula have been withdrawn The following official statement was issued here today All th the thea troops at and Anzac together with their l K guns Sand and stor stores stored have been successfully transferred with cant ant casualties to another sphere o of o operations e ns The bay and Anzac cove positions arc are on the tho north coast of f peninsula Anzac cove is about sixteen miles from the tip bay is five miles farther onAs on As no mention is made l in t the D British announcement of the tho allied position in the Balir Bahr position at the tip of the peninsula it is n not t clear whether the the withdrawal of at troops indicates a decision to abandon abandon aban aban- don the effort to force the Dardanelles Dardanelles Darda Darda- nelles or means m merely rely a readjustment readjustment readjustment readjust ment of ot the allied forces s. s There have b been en no previous hints of bf t such a move move although the question question ques ques- tion then had had been been raised in England whether in in view of the failure of ot the al allies ies to make appreciable headway headway headway head head- way at the Uio Dardanelles and the ur urgent ur dr gent need for additional troops at atSa Sa the Dardanelles forces would be withdrawn Two official Turkish communications received today to day spoke of or h heavy from land and sea and sea by tho the allies l but tut ut mentioned ne ned no movements out of of the ordinary although this b bombardment ma may have been conducted to cover the i withdrawal rh There re were two to fields of operations I in the near East to which British troops withdrawn troops withdrawn from the I peninsula might be forwarded forwarded- 1 Macedonia t J o and Egypt V London looks for an 30 attack on the allied positions at There is no official information as asto asto asto to the number of French and British troops in Greece which has ia been es estimated estimated estimated es- es r recently at about Germany Austria a Bulgaria and Turkey Turkey Turkey Tur Tur- key have at t their disposal several times that number of ot men and it may We lie assumed tt that at every effort will be made mado to concentrate a a. consid considerable considerable con con- sid rable allied force on the base This Greek port is within ens easy sailing distance of the peninsula If It recent unofficial advices concerning concerning concerning con con- the Egyptian situation are authentic Great Britain may feel the tho necessity of ot increasing her armed forces there It has been represented represented represented that the Germans and Turks are preparing a formidable expedition n nto to Invade Egypt capture the Suez canal and cut off oft E England gland from India Some of the the bitterest encounters and heaviest losses lasses s of the Dardanelles Dardanelles Darda Darda- nelles nelies campaign nave taken place at atthe atthe atthe the positions now abandoned by the British The allies ames have been able t ti achieve no striking successes at these points |