GALLIPOLI AND EGYPT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16607, 2 February 1916, Page 5

GALLIPOLI AND EGYPT

THE RECENT WITHDRAWALS. GENERAL MONRO HIGHLY PLEASED. ANZACS SECOND TO NONE. LONDON, January 31. General Monro, in an order of the day, expresses his unreserved appreciation of the evacuations of the peninsula. They were successful beyond his hopes, and the arrangements were not improvable. General Birdwood, the officers, and the men may pride themselves on an achievement unparalleled in fhe annals of warfare. The -withdrawal in the face of the enemy tested their discipline and soldierly qualities. It was the most trying of possible operations to disengage and withdraw from close grips with an active enemy, and then to re-embark from the beach. This was an unprecedented feat. Our troops during the past" month invariably proved their superiority over the enemy, holding Hie best fighting troops in the Ottoman army and preventing the Germans employing them elsewhere. It was hard to leave the graves of good comrades, but the only consideration was that it was be?t for the common cause. In that spirit the Anzacs are second to none as soldiers in the Empire.