GEN BIRDWOOD'S ESCAPE.
t ~~" —— " o SCOB.KED THE SHELLS. j (Received 11.45 a.m.) I. SYDNEY, this day. t The "Sydney Morning Herald's" corre Oc spondent at Cairo writes that the lasl s few days spent in the neighbourhood o: t Gallipoli by General Birdwood wen c exciting to an extraordinary degree t After the troops left Anzac the General h I and his staff remained at Imbros, the •-) island off the peninsula. The enemy got I-' to know of the fact, and German airmen 3. made determined efforts every day to >f bomb him off the island. General Birdi. wood - refused to seek shelter, and ie narrowly escaped from the shower of :o missiles. Ie '
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 66, 17 March 1916, Page 5
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