GALLIPOLI WITHDRAWAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16202, 12 April 1916, Page 8

GALLIPOLI WITHDRAWAL.

: GBEAT AIM OF THE PLANS.

MF.N TO BE SAVED FIRST.

LOSS THROUGH EXPOSURE.

London, April 10. 1 £/ In his despatch regarding the %<! withdrawal from Gallipoli, General §l;- Sir - Charles Monro says he recogf:*' nised that the quantities of stores destroyed and. abandoned were con- j f • siderable but the great aim was to j tf! save men, guns, and ammunition. - The'authorities could not take any risks, and thus, if the evacuation < were to be completed, it demanded V- good luck and skilled organisation, i. These were forthcoming in a marked M;degree. In the hour of need General Birdwood and his corps com-r-y manders could not have been surpassed, for skill, competence, and courage. • ( The report mentions that as a re* sult of rain and a blizzard or November 21 200 deaths were caused by is"', exposure. Ten thousand sick were Mremoved, v chiefly from Suvla Bay. General Monro will shortly furnish a list' of men. recommended for the Distinguished Conduct Medal. The despatch also covers the Servian expedition ,to the withdrawal | * ■V Salonika, and ' shows that the IfflfeC Divimon from Suvla was sent norfc the French when tho . .. . ' .\fforb- to link up with the r \i j • i cV a ! led - The withdrawal Vd in accordance with • the ". H '• •'rangements of the allied • .v- ~ • •' > •. .: • t ■; I . v 1 fev V " ■ * • ' • » ■Tl* tV ' 1 ! ..