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Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 December 1915, Page 3

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The Times History of the War, tlnr * (Dardanelles) number, emphasises the operations at Anzac, which continually and lerribly perturbed the Turks, frequently attracting forces which woui-1 have had a better chance of success against the British at jlvrithiu, where many <tf the early operations had not been opposed,. On the contrary, jl General Sir I. Hamilton had flung the (..'ashing Australasians corps against the. Turks in the south, instead of the exhausted 29th Division, he might have slept in Kritliia on Apni 29, and seen Aelii Baha crowned by his troops at sunrise. .On the balance of probabilities, it would have been better to httvo left Anzac several alone. The His tory estimates the losses for the whole landing at 10,000-' „

The historian makes very appreciative reference to Major-General M'Cay's resolute Victorian brigade at Kritliia, which won honours on that terrible day. Details are then given' of what the History tonus, The Homeric Conflicts of Little Anzac.