GALLIPOLI WITHDRAWAL.
GERMANY IN TWO MINDS. HALF-HEARTED JUBILATION Times and Sydney Sun Services. _ London, January 16. The German press, commenting on the withdrawal from Gallipoli, declares that the prestige of the allies is melting like butter in the sun. It is noticeable, however, that this jubilation is perfunctory and half-hearted. The writers have an obvious difficulty in reconciling the facts with Turkish fictions of victory. The Berlin newspaper Lokal Anzeiger expresses surprise to hear that the allied troops were removed with small losses. It remarks: "They certainly did not lack ships for the embarkation of the luckless remnants of the expedition." A Turkish communique states: 'The booty found at Anafarta and An Burnu includes 10 guns, 13 mortars. 2000 rifles and bayonets, 6750 shells, 1500 rases of ammunition, 45,0«)0 bombs, 221 waggons, 67 lighters and pontoons, much petrol 21.000 tons of meat. 5000 sacks of corn, • and 12,50.; spades and pickaxes. t
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16129, 18 January 1916, Page 6
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