"SECOND TO NONE"

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2684, 2 February 1916, Page 5

"SECOND TO NONE"

- HIGH PRAISE FOE, THE MEN OF i A'NZAC. . By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright London, January 31. General Sir Charles Monro, in an order of the day, expresses his unreserved appreciation of tho execution of the evacuation of Gallipoli. They were, ho says, successful beyond his lopes. The arrangements could not have been improved upon. "General Birdwood " and tlie officers and men may pride themselves upon an achievement unparalleled, ill the annals of warfare. The withdrawal in face of the enemy tested their discipline and soldierly qualities. Tt was the most trying operation possible. To disengage and withdraw from close grips with a bold and active enemy, end then to re-embaric oil an. open, beach, was unprecedented. "Our troops during tho past months Jiavo invariably proved, their superiority over tlie enemy. They had been holding the best fighting troops of tho Ottoman army, and preventing tho Germans from employing them elsewhere. "It was bard to leave tho graves of their good comrades, but their only con- . sideration was what was best-for the common cause. In that spirit the Anzacs wero second to nono as soldiers of tho . Empire."