The Dardanelles.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 39, 21 January 1916, Page 5

The Dardanelles.

BOOTY AT GALLIPOLI.

QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE.

[United Press Association.] London, January 19

In the Bouse of Commons Sir W. P. Bylcs asked if the booty left at Gallipoli was valued at two million pounds, and included fifty thousand blankets and a million kilogrammes of oats and barley. Mr Tennant in reply, said that the primary object w'as to safely remove the troops, and then as much material as possible. A considerable amount of stores was abandoned, but after being destroyed it was impossible that more stores might have been saved, but public opinion would endorse the Government’s action in removing tb e personnel. Lieutenant-Colonel Lockwood aked: “Would the value approach two million pounds?” Mr Tennant replied; “No.| It would not be one-quarter, nor perhaps one-eighth, of that amount. In the House of Commons a question was asked os to whether there was any hope of tracing the laige numbers of officers and men who weie reported missing at Gallipoli. Lord Cecil replied that the Foreign Office found great difficulty in doing this, owing to the character of tire Tuikish administration, but they were constantly communicating with the American Ambassador at Constantinople. THE ANZAC EVACUATION. MEDICAL MAN’S LETTER. CASUALTIES THAT NEVER OCCURRED. (Received 9.55 a.m.) London, January 20. A medical officer in a letter on the evacuation of An/.ac. says ; When the men were told they were leaving they behaved splendidly. I boy wont to wbrk with a will to destroy everything they had to leave behind, and when finished, there was not sixpence worth of stuff left in our gully. Three-fifths embarked on Saturday night without mishap, but Sunday was the most critical time, when those guarding the lines were removed, and we prepared for a large number of casualties. We started off at 8.30 in bright moonlight in Indian file through the saps, the medical 'staff bringing up the •’ear in the 'event of casualties. Keeping under th e shadow of the sans wo reached the bench at midnight without loss. The < faff’s work throughout was splendid.