GALLIPOLI.
OCCUPATION BY ALLIES
LONDON, December 31. A delayed telegram from Constantinople states that British.-brigades landed at Gallipoii on December "31. There was no display, the Tui'kish. officers quietly surrendering. Later the, French occupied ,t)ie south bank. Tixe ;s]T<K>p^ sufferetl from the sudden obange of olimato, the Xew Zeailanders becoming sick from recurrent malaria 'and influenza. There were a few deaths. The cemeteries and graves where those who fell in the Gaflipoli qampaign were buried were found to be overgrown. All crosses, and identification marks had been;removed, and there had been some violations. . All! the area.3 can be enclosed and provided with a monument, giving all the names of those buried there. The general defences had'been enormously strengthened since the evacuation-. . . '■[.' V;- ;■>■':': ■"■•.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9490, 2 January 1919, Page 8
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