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Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 April 1916, Page 3

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('Received This Day 8.-F0 a.m.) THE WITHDRAWAL FROM GALLIPOLI. London, April U. In his report Sir Charles Munro recognises that the quantities oi stores destroyed and abandoned were consider a) A', but the great aim was to save men, guns and ammunition. They c uld, not t<ike risks to save these ithe evacuation was to be completed in safety. It demanded good !uck and skilled organization; these weie forthcoming in a marked degree in the hour of need. General Birdiwood and the corps commanders made arrangements that could not be surpassed and showed skill, competence ana courage.

He mentions that ae a result of fine rain and h«zzardi on the 2Tst November there were 200 dea'.ns trom exposure. Ten thousand s'ck were evacuated, chiefly from Suvla. Sir Charles Munro shortly furnishes a distinguished conduct list. His despatch covers the Serbian expedition to the withdrawal to Salonika. The Tenth .Division from Suvla was seni. to support the French when the French effort to link up with the Serbians 'ailedi. The withdrawal was ordered m accordance with the previous arrangements of the Allied Governments. A DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED. The Daily Mail's New York correspondent says there is no need to fear that America will show a weakening over the Sussex case, and pre diets a dramatic development in a few days. THE CAPTURED GERMAN' SCIS- - The Daily Telegraph says that nie submarine which the French captured on Tijpsdlay was of a newer typo. Two officers and twenty seamen surrendered The majority were in their teens. THE TURKISH STORY. From Constantinople comes communique giving a distorted version oi the fight eastward of Fallahiyah on the oth and 6th. it claims that 1500 British soldiers were killed and wounded;, and some taken prisoner. GERMAN SUB"MARTN~E RAMMED. Petrograd, April 10. A communique states that the lestroyer Strogyi rammed a snhmarSie near where the hospital ship Portugal was sunk.

(Received This Day i). 45 a.m.) THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA. London, April iO. General Lake reports that General Gomuge's preparations for the attack on the Sannaiyat. position are well ,utvanced, though the floods have curtailed the frontage wliercon it can bo delivered. Tiie weather has .improved, and has kept iine for two days. J'he liver has not risen since the 7th. AROUND V Ell DUN. Paris, April lu. The Petit I'arisien says that the Germans hurled at least a divi-ion into the fray between Avocourt cross-roads and south of Ueiliineourt. Their ob- - jective was Hill 30 i, They ; dvauced by company in column, unheeding their enormous losses till they were within 100 yards of our -lilies where , they were completely mowed down. They returned to the attack thrice, and then retreated —beaten. GERMAN SHIPS MAKE VOYAGE TO NORWAY. Copenhagen, April 10. The Aftenposten saye that for the first time since the beginning of the war German steamers have arrived at the Norwegian we.it co;st harbours with coal, taking back nsh Mid train oil. Many German submarines and torp'do boats escorted them to territorial waters. FRENCH REPORT OF THE FTGi! 1 IN.G. Paris. April iO. A communique states that the operations on "the 9th were marked by the first great attempt at a general offensive on a front exceeding twenty kilo- : metres, but the Germans obtained no j appreciable results considering the losses?. The bodies were heaped m front of our 'nines. There was a violent bombardment we.-t of Ihe Meuse throughout the night specially on Hill 301. The enemy's attack on Mort Homme yesterday uas ri pulsed with important losses, but it enabled the Germans to penetrate our advanced trenches at Hill 295 for a length of 500 metres. TEere was a sharp struggle east of the Meuse during the night in the little wood of Fontaine St. Martin. We pressed the enemy's communication trenches south of Douaumont.