ANZAO AND SUVLA BAY.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 December 1915, Page 3

ANZAO AND SUVLA BAY.

. aiiv Pali Mall Uaaetto sa\> vuui m.. x/aiuuiiciit-b ain'ays will evoke momui-ie.-j vi lujptuuiieieu valour. Xiio Westminster tfazetto says tnat th\i men nave not died at Ualiipoli in An long as tlie British lucu lasts Suviu and Anzao will ho imperishable'names, full of proud memory tor the Commonwealth ivnicli sent its sons at the Old Country's call, and undoing inspiration tor all who will be called lip hureaftcr to follow their example.

Tiie Manchester' Guardian says that the first landing at Gallipoli is .now recognised as the supreme exploit of the British infantry in the whole of its his iorj.

A Loudon correspondent quotes an eyewitness who deciaired tliat probably there never was sucdi resourceful and fearless lighters as the Australians and .New Zealanders. The i'lains of Troy across the Straits never echoed to the feet of such heroes. He quotes the lines: All was done that men could do, But all was done in vain. He adds "That's the Anzaos' epitaph." (Received This Bay 10.5 a.m.) THE LOSS LN T WLTHDIUWING. London, Dec. 21. In the House of Commons the lit. Hon. H. H. Asquith said that the total losses in withdrawing from Anzac and Suvla Bay totalled four wounded, while six guns and a few stores were destroyed.