Show ALLIES ABANDON CLAIM THAT operations WERE CARRIED OUT WITH LOSS OF BUT ONE MAN retirement of troops from aczas anzas and bay three weeks ago left no strategic advantage to retention of peninsula london it Is officially announced that the complete evacuation of the gallupoli peninsula has abeen success fully carried out the communication issued sunday evening says gen sir charles monro reports the complete evacuation of has been successfully carried out all tho guns and howitzers howit were got away with the exception ol 01 seventeen workout guns which were blown up by us before leaving our casualties amounted to one member of tho british rank and file wounded there were no casualties among the french general monro states that the accomplishment of this difficult task was due to generals burdwood and dadles and invaluable assistance ren dered in an operation of the highest difficulty by admiral de and the royal navy this news has been expected tor several days by the keener observers of the near eastern campaign tor the retirement of the troops from aczas anzas and toay three weeks ago left no strategic advantage to the retention of the tip of the peninsula nevertheless the news will be received with a pang of regret by the people of the british isles as well as the colonies renewed activity of various kinds noted by the turks official statements in the past few days has presumably been in the nature of tor the final act of the dardanelles Darda nelles tragedy |