THE WITHDRAWAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue XLIX, 14 January 1916, Page 5

THE WITHDRAWAL

AT.T. THE NEW ZEALAND GUNS SAVED.

The following special message from the New Zealand war correspondent i-ur Malcolm Ross) has been received : \ cai ro, Jan. 11. AH the New Zealand guns were e ot off 4h» Peninsula. A team of horses -was left to gallop in the" last, gun ton Sunday mefat This'was safely accomplished, eZkn. the horses, which -we .thought -wouM Tm* Trilled, beine removed. The officer determined that no

New Zealand gun would ibe exhibited in Constantinople, even though some had been used against Cronie in the Boer War, and were not worth, saving. The artillery is naturally proud of this 6plendid feat! The gunners love 1 the guns, especially those they brought with them and fought through the campaign. On 17th. December, when one sub-section left behind if a 'bulletmarked howitzer, when they thought the ;ru»s would have to be blown up, the limber gunner in charge broke down and cried. Two nights later this gun was got off by another section, and the gunssr's delight mar bo imagined. \ SEVENTHS AND EIGHTHS JOIN THE MAIN BODY. The New Zealand war correspondent (Mr Ross) renorts: — CAIBO, Jan. 11. The 7th and Bth Reinforcements are joining the Main Body in. a- new camp. Six hundred Maoris are encamped at Cairo, in splendid fettle. Every precaution is (being taken to secure the Canal against the threatened attack.