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NEW GLORY WON BY BRITISH IN LEAVING ANZAG ?hj. 1 ' ^ Antipodean*', Deeds of Arms ?Wvaled by'the Marvel of Their Retirement. STORY OF FATEFUL NIGHT - m ; H %,* ? ? Thrive of the Pseelng Hour* Told iy Anxious Correspondent Watching from Ship?"All Off" Comeo ^ Word at 4:16 a. m.?Gun fire Bluffs Moslems. I dydney, Australia.?Rigid censorship has withheld the story of how the^Aus tralian and. New Zealand troops quit ted the Oalllpoli peninsula, but now with the few other correspondents. . privileged to witness that wonderful piece of work. Captain Bean, the ofll cial press representative, has de scribed in telling phrases much of what was done. Cabling from Ansae bay under date at Deoember It. Captain Bean says: "The movement, which at this mo ment is going on. Is the one which, from the day of landing, everyone here has most dreaded. I heard It said on the day of landing, and it has been a common place ever since, that although the experiences of landing were bad enough, one thing would be worse, and that was If it ever fell to our lot to have to get off again. "One read In the papers speeches by members of parliament asking light heartedly why the forces were not withdrawn from the Dardanelles, as If the process was merely one of picking up baggage and walking off. People talking like that, one knew, could not have the slightest conception of the dtmdltlons under which we have been holding on for eight months at Ansae. At Merey of Turks. "Did they realise that the main beach, from which almost all the work of supplying Ansae had to be done, was within MM yards of the main cen ter and pivot of the whole Turkish line; that If the Turks could fight their way 100 yards they would reach the edge of the cliff, from which they wodld be able to look down, as from the gallery of a theater, upon the nar row flat, containing nearly all our Stores, tha ordnance depot, and all ths paraphernalia for landing and embark ation? Six hundred yards below them would be the north beach Itself?that Is, the beach Just north of Art Burnu Point, with three of our Ave landing Stages, and the solitary-sunken tramp Steamer which served us for a break water "Just ?oath of Art Burnu Point In line cove U 'Watson's Pier,' batlt by the Anetrellen signalers soon after (be lending. Bat this so-called pier Is within sight of Oaba Tepe promontory and the enemy can see It so well that the guns of their batteries to the south of as can pot shell on any part of that beach at any moment they wish as easily as you can strike any letter on poor typewriter. There are 14 guns In those particular batteries?they all go by the name of 'Beaghy Bill'?and they had made 'Watson's Pier* and Ansae beach easily the most unsafe places on the peninsula. | "The only chance is to get the troops '?way without the enemy, of whom there are *6.000 at Ansae and SutIs. baelng a suspicion of It. The North beach Is better hidden than 'Watson'a' The enemy cannot actually see the ground around the landing point, but there la an off-shoot from the main ridge to the north, from which' he could look over our Inner ridge and Into Ad Burnu Point, and ball of the North beach. It was known as 'Sniper's Nest' because he habitually sniped from there at night with a machine gun. Prom 'Sniper's Neat' he can just sae the tip of one landing step and all boats morlng to or fro from them. In deed. be keeps a careful list of all sea traffic. 8uvla Is even more open to shell Ore but at several miles distance from the nearest Turkish observer. "Complete secrecy Is the only meth sd of preventing the most terrible con ditions on the beach." Departure Made In Moonlight. Captain Bean here plungee Into hla account of the actual retirement In thla language: "The moon la Just beginning to flood sea and land with a light so clear that you can scarcely notice the change from twilight Into night The bright ness of the moon is one of our chief anxieties, for If the enemy sees what we are doing and attacks during cer tain stages of the'embarkation before tonight Is over, then nothing can pre vent one of the most sanguinary and desperate fights In history. But at present, although everyone's nerves are on edge with the proximity of the constant possibility ot s great tragpdy. there Is nothing whatever In the gray shape of land there (the correspondent Is on a cruiser) to bint at what Is go Ing forward. "1 know that as a matter of fact car tain movements of troops have been taking place during the last half hour which If carelessly carried out would result In the discovery of our plan But looking on with all the apprehen sion la the world one cannot make out the least difference in the scene " The captain proceeds: "On deck again. Tims, ten minutes PMM eight To the south of us there U Meeting off through the night mist (which fortunately huge tow over the eurfnoe ot the mm) e dark shape. Prom ashore comes the ordinary 'plckpock o( rifles quite normal. Watchful Monitor Steals Past "1:87?Another distant gray shape passing outward far to the southward They are clearly getting away'without the least hltoh. and actually ahead of time.; i" "A big monitor has Just bean steal ing In past ua?a ship I have never seen before. Bhe muM be going in there to end lade the 8uvla trenches. If anything goes wrong. "Some gun has flashed down near our beach. Probably It Is one of the guns which we are leaving behind so that they can be fired up till the very last moment. Our old Ansae position Is so small that a field gun, It placed In one of the valleys where It could be hidden from the enemy, cannot fire at the enemy's front trenches. They (the Turks) could fire at positions 4,000 yafda away, but from, the first. In or der to enable the Australian field guns to fire on the enemy's trenches. It has been necessary to place them right on top of the hills. Heavy Firs Causes Brief Alarm. By this artillery bluffing the Aus tralians and New Zealanders kept off the Turks. "It Is 0:80," the correspondent goes on. "A very heavy fire has suddenly broken out down there. It Is ten miles away at the least from where this cruiser lies, and yet I can distinctly hear the ripple of rifle fire and ma chine guns, punctuated by the thud Qf bombs. It Is the first time that I per sonally have ever heard rifle fire at Holies from Ansae. It gave one a very big heart thump at first, because It sounded almost like an attack on the Ansae right. "The British made an attack this afternoon at Helles. The Forty-second and Fifty-second divisions, that is, the Manchester and Lowland divisions, made a charge. We could see the Turkish shrapnel bursting .over them, the navy and land guns helping the British by one of the most tremendous shore bombardments I ever listened to. . . . Everything ashore Is quite normal. From thin It would appear that by General Monro's direction the evacua tion was helped by a demonstration of considerable magnitude at Caps Helles. Captain Bean resumes: "A message has lust been received by our captain from the naval captain In charge to say that the whole plan la working splendidly. Turks Mads Ready to Be Attacked. "10:05 p. m.?There are sounds of very heavy firing down south. I can distinctly hear their machine guns, first one. and then two together, then a continuous ripple. I know that the troops, who are now coming off, are using not only the North beach but also - the beach In Ansae cove, on to which 'Beachy Bill' can put shells whenever he likes. He can make that beach almost Impassable. Occasional ly when some small Increase In the sniping from the trenches makes one hold one's breath for a moment. 1 re member this?that 'Beachy Bill' baa so tar fired only tour or five shots during the whole night. And that Is certain proof that he cannot even suspect that there Is any unusual movement on. "11:40?A collection of a few cutters with a steamboat Is to gather at 'Brighton beach' In order to bring on the lateat party. We often land stores at 'Brighton beach,' so 'Beachy' will notice nothing unusual in this. A mes sage has arrived from an officer, com manding the remaining troops, to say that the enemy has actually been seen strenuously employed In the trenches, putting up barbed wire. He must sure ly think that our activity means an at tack by us. "1 a. m.?A transport Is moving In and another stealing out. Bomb to Docslvs Foe. "1:28 a. m.?Bomb on 'Apex;' 1:29 a. m.. bomb on 'Apex;' 1:20 a. m., bomb on 'Apex.' That is evidently a demon stration of the party at the 'Apex.' GRANDSON OF THE KAISER Alexander Ferdinand, the sturdy and likable-looking youngster seen In thla picture with his arms twined about hta mother, the Princess Victoria, la the only eon of Prince August William, fourth son of the kaiser. Prince Alex ander was born in 1815. His mother before ber marriage was the Princess Victoria of Scbleswig Holsteln, From this momsnt the 'Apes.' the highest point on the ridge In our lino which was won hjr the Wellington bet 1*1 ton on August 6, end hold, though It cost Wellington 711 out of T8J men who went into the light?front thin mo ment the 'Apex' Is free to the enemy. His Are trench there Is 68 yards front ours. "1:48 a. m.?"Beachy Bill' has Bred again. The shell burst In the supply depot gear'Brighton beach.' So he Is at hla eld games. That supply depof Is the favorite target of 'Beechy Bill's' shells at night. This Is the first time they will find nobody there. Two bombs at the 'Apex.' Our men have been gone from there a quarter of an hour. Those bombs must have been thrown by the Turks at our empty trenches. "1:86 a. m.?There has just steamed silently past us the small warship which 1 know contains the commander of our army corps. General Birdwood was ashore at Ansae among our men today. They were In splendid heart. "1:67 a. m.?Another bomb at the 'Apex.' We had two tunnels out far beneath the Turkish trenches there In case of need, and Into these the engi neers hare put what explosive remains with them. The biggest mine we ever flred before contained less than Ave hundredWelght. This mine of three tons. It we decide to Are It, should rend the 'Nek' to pieces. 4M> an ex traordinary ending to.if fthtf "history. 'Quinn's' (Post), the trench that the Turks could never take at whatever coat, we have quietly left in the night. It now lies open to them. Mines on the Nsk Blown Up. "8:25 a. m.?The trenches opposite the 'Nek' have at this moment been left. The old Ansae line Is now open to the Turks along every part. Desul tory Are still continues exactly as on other nights from the far right to the far left. s:2t> a. m,?Just now a huge red cloud rolled low across the 'Nek.' There was a low rumble. Presently, a still larger cloud curled low across the further slope of the same ridge, the angry revolving fumes glowing orange for an instant, then fading Into the night. They were the two mines at the 'Nek' where our Light Horse once charged. A rattle of rifles has started from the center. It la spreading thick ly to the flanks, and growing steadily Into a roar. The Turks evidently think they are being attacked, and they have started firing all along the line. "3:3S a. m.?The firing Is heavy, right to the extreme southern end of the line. A message has been received to say that the Ansae wireless station bas been closed and that the last party on the left Is safely In the boats. "3:45 a. m.?Firing still heavy, In cluding machine guns. Suvla wireless station closed also. The navy must have timed the embarkation perfectly. "4 a. m.?The fire at Ansae has al most ceased, except normal sniping by the Turks along the whole line. Ex cept at 'Sniper's Nest' I can see no flashes from their rifles, so they must be In their trenches. "4:10 a. m.?The tents and stores at Suvla have Just begun to burat Into flame. The flames are spreading swiftly along the line of beaches. We can see the torch of the man who Is lighting tbem. going Juat ahead of the line of flame. "4:15 a. m.?A wireless has been re ceived stating that the whole embarka tion has been completed. A naval of ficer next to me turns around and holds out his hand. Thank Ood!" Thus It will be perceived that this retirement was accomplished between dusk on December 19 and four o'clock on the morning of December 20. Turks Bombard. "7 a. m.?Day Is Just breaking." con cludes Captain Bean. A quarter of an hour ago the Turkish batteries sudden ly opened a furious bombardment of the ridges along which the old Ansae line runs. The firing was extraordi narily hurried and wild, some shells bursting low, others' wildly high?tour, six, eight at a time. "7:16 a. m.?Watching the old Ansae trenches Just now through glasses, I saw what I .took to be a line of small pine trees growing over the crest of them. When I saw some of the trees move along the parapet of the trench southwards I realized that my pine trees were Turks. Evidently the Turks have been making an attack/ They first bombarded our' enemy line, and then charged across against the silent parapets. . . . They are swarming over the parapets on the skyline, stand lng still for a moment, then swarm ing farther south. "7:20 a. m.?This ship let go two aalvpe 'straight into the Turks on the sky line, and they have quickly disap peared Into our trenches. We have now turned with the rest of the Beet to bombard the few remaining heapd of storeu on the beach. The valleys are quickly filled with smoke and dust. "7:37 a. m. ? Our bombardment ceases. The fleet slowly turns toward the west, and Ansae, smoking In the dust our own guns hare made, Is re ceding behind us. The huge fire Is smoking at Suvla. Even now the Turkish battery Is bombarding a point on the beach where one of our bat teries used to-be. "7:45 a. m A message has been received that all of the wounded have been brought off as well as several more guna. Only five guns were left three Australian and two old howlt sera. "The picket boats, which went Into the beach, did pick up one or two stragglers. One boat went straight In to Ansae beach and steamed about, those on board calling, 'Anybody here*' "Dec. 20.?A German flag has ap peared this morning flying over Suvla." FIDDLED FOR 4,659 PARTIES Thla la tha Rlfty-Throe Yaara Raeord of a Wiacontin Danca Mualoian. Ambarat. WU ?John Boo at Am barat baa AM a claim to a wortd'a raeord for jrorldlnc mualc for daacaa. (or he haa eompatod his raeord of tbo baat bftjr-tbraa yoara aa being I.IU daacaa. a raeord ba dabea any aa ?Irian la Aatortca to equal. Hla earaar data* back to January 18. 18(1. when he came with hli violin to Amherst, then a village In the heart of the pine woods In tboae dare be was the only musician who could be obtained tor miles around, and he was In constant demand His banner yee\ was 1880, when his record was 4(0 dances, or an average of (sore than one a day tor the entire year. Since then the country has set tled. and he has had more competl lion la the old deys he would not only play, hot would can of the square Ml (lances, and many la the time when he would make np a missing set on the floor by taking a fiddle to the dancing floor, and dance, call and plar at the same time. He etlll is playing for the country dances, and says he will continue to play as long as he ran linger the strings Ha Probably Would. "I am looking." remarked Diogenes, for an honest man" "And what will you do when yon And hUaT" "I dan so 111 probably hare to lend him money' ITALIAN GUN OUTRANGES AUSTRIAN HOWITZER I * Thla la one of the Italian 30S alege (una, which are aald to outrange the howiuera uaed by the Anatrlana. These tuna are aet up In poaltlona In the Tyrolean mountaina where It la almoet lmpoaalble for the euemy to dlalodge them. BOMB THROWERS ON HARTMANNSWEILERKOPF French bomb thrower* In action In a trench on Hartmannawetlerkopf. the height that baa been the acene of aome of the bloodleat oombata of the war on -the western front It ha* been taken and retaken repeatedly. MONUMENT TO GERMAN SOLDIERS UNVEILED The upper photograph shows Generals von Boehm and Charlea de Bouil lon at the unveiling of the monument erected In memory of the German soldiers who fell In the bottle of Gene." France. The lower photograph shows the monument In the graveyard at Lena on the Lorette heights - I . Slaughter Too Expensive. The Dutch government baa decided that the combating of foot-and-mouth dlaeaae among cattle by the alaughter of dieeaaed animals will be abandoned, and some other method tried. The slaughter, of cattle Infected with the disease cost the government nearly $3,200,000 In IndemiAttes In 1010. for the d If ease Is widespread In the Neth erlands. Everywhere In the rural dis tricts boards bearing the notice, "Foot and mouth disease," are to be seen on the borders of the pastures. The num ber of Infected cattle slaughtered In the that 12 months was more than 24, 000. The appropriation for the pay ment of Indemnities to the breeders has been reduced to the almost negllgi CONDENSATIONS There are 8,817471 peraona In the tin! ted State* whose mother tongue Is Herman. Oe Trends Brodre. a Danish wind jammer, which Is In commission and doing a brisk business, la one hundred thirty years eld, was made In 17M, and no loubt carried food to KnglaaJ during the Napoleonic wars, last as she is doing now, aetwtthstend ing all this talk shoot (ho freedom of r-\ as ? ? ble sum of $70,000 In the budget for 1010, but s bill has been Introduced placing $800,000 at the dlapoeal of the ministry of agriculture for the purpose of trying others riieans than slaughter for dealing with the disease. The breeders are to be asked to Isolate cattle suspected of Infection while ex periments are tried In treating the dis ease with some of the cures recently reported as having been discovered both in the United States and Swltier land. Better Location. "Did you see where the French chief of aviation had resigned his ofBcef" "I suppose he preferred an offlce on the ground floor." In Corfu sheets of paper pass tor money- One sheet burs one quart of rloa. or ZO sheets a piece of hemp cloth. Tha letter R was called the "doc letter" by the ancients because the manner In which they pronounced It resembled to a decree the snarltnc of a doc- It Is the last letter that moat children learn to pronounce. They use "m" Instead, saylnc rewy tor very, or Wobert tor Robert. The Chi nese invariably see "I* In the place of r," which they cannot pronounoe . _,J,V i I AMAZON OF SERBIA Id this young Serbian la found per sonified patriotism. This Amnion has boras hardship, humiliation and em barrassment, to bear arms for her war-torn country. Bravely-stae shoul dered her gun sad accompanied her fighting brothers through all ths re cent campaigner and not until she was physically exhausted did she resign herself to defeat and suffer herself to be made prisoner. Owing to her'in ability to secure female attire, she was compelled to wear whaterer cloth ing she could obtain. 8he is now In terned In a Oerxnan prison camp and Is treated as a civilian prisoner. CLOCK IS BURGLAR ALARM When It Sruok at ?:20. Mrs. Mary Joerder Investigated and Sha jj' Caught tha Thief. / _____ ,v.-4 Mrs. Mary Joerder was In tha dining room at her home la New York at 8:20 o'clock one night recently, when the parlor clock began "acttak queerly," as she termed It. "It struck when It had not the ellghteet occasion for striking." sha later told the police, "and I went to Investigate." doing to the parlor, Mrs. Joerder discovered that the hands of the time piece had nothing to do with the un timely striking?it was the hands of a negro, who was starting to flee with the clock. Mrs. Joerder, Who says' burglars never had frightened her, grasped the negro by the throat and compelled htm to sit on the floor until her son. Charles, oame from the dining room I to bar aid. , The negro was held captive while i neighbors summoned the police. Tben i the negro was taken out of the bouse, minus the clock. Montenegrin* Remember. I The round cap, or "kapa," worn bp Montenegrin soldiers. M a history of their country In miniature. In cdlor I it Is a yiTld crimson, but it baa ? deep black border, wbich only leaves a small crown of the foundation color visible. The black border Is a sign i of mourning for the terrible battle of Kossovo, when the old Montenegrin and Serb empires were overthrown by the Turks, and tbelr armies annihilat ed. The red crown signifies "the field of blood" of the same great fight , When Constantinople falls, and their hereditary enemies are finally driven , out of Europe, then, and not till than, , will the black border be removed, and , the "kapa" be all red. On the red crown, In one corner, are five semi circles in gold. They symbolise first the Ove centuries that have elapsed since Kossovo was fought, and. sec ondly, the five colors of tbe ratnbovr, ( the sign of hope that one day the glo- . rles of the old Montenegrin empire vlll be restored. In Africa. In Africa Mohammedanism has re cently been spreading more rapid- 1 ly tban Christianity, "oecaasa," said a shrewd obserrer, 'erery M oh amine- ] dan makes himself a mlaalofary. wills a Christian thinks that another man's stork." The Latest Occupation. ?Where were yon hornr Cairo, III." What's yoy occupationV I'm a Russian dancer'"?Detroit Pree Press rHE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR A60 THIS WEEK ? ? ? Feb. 2S, 1116. Germini advanced waat of the Von?, forcing French bank four mllac. French <eoh many Gorman trenchee In Ohampagna. Ruaalana continued ouccewful at tack along whole woetern front. Turtle evacuated tlnal penlnaula. German ambaaay at Waahlngten denied btegler'a etorlea. e March 1, HI#. Two German oorpe defeated at Prxaenyax. Oaaowetx bombarded by Gor mana. Turklah forcea under Eaaad Paaha maaaed on Aaiatic alda of Oardanellea. Norwegian ataamor rammed off Engllah coaat. Premier Aaqulth announoed al ii oa would cut eft Germany from all trade with reet of the world. Hamburg-American line officiate In New York indicted for conaplr Ing againat U. ? March 2, HIS. British gained ground near La Russians wen Oukla pass and toek 10,000 derma Its near Przas nyax. Austrian* ??rs dsfsatsd near Stanlalau but gained in the Car pathians. Russians shelled Ciernowlt*. American Red Cress yent sup pose and nurses to Serbia and Oar many. Match a, 1015. Russians advanced from the NIs msn and the Dniester. Austrs-Osrmane driven back In Qallcls Germans dsmell*had two Osso w*tx forts. Russians dsfsatsd Turks In ths Caucasus Allied fleet silenced three Inner forts ef Dardanelles. Germany modified relief ship rules , Heavy fighting near Basra, en Persian gulf. March 4, 1915. Hard lighting in the Voegea. In Malancourt wood* Germane tprayed French with burning ell end ehemlcala. Rueelene checked Auetrlan drive In Bukewrlna. German eubmarine U-8 aunk by Sritlah deetroyera. Alliae began landing at Seddul Bahr. Dardanellea. March S, ISIS. Germane were cheeked at Raima. German arm lea In north epllt up ay Ruaalan advancea. Turfca abandoned campaign agalnat Egypt Allied fleet bombarded Smyrna. Germane eunk French ammuni tion ahlp at Oetend. Zeppelin raid ever Calala failed. Zeppelin L-S wrecked near Tlrle mont, March t, 1?15. Ruaelane attacked In center of eaatarn line and gained in North Poland. Auetriane gave ground In Eaat Galicla. Brltleh warehlpe battered Dar danellea forte, deetroylng one. Aala Miner porta ehelled by al liea, Smyrna forta being eilanced. Alllee' landing party -on Dar danellea auffered aaverely. Shipping Riga In Baskets. Tba lot of domeatlc anlmala la the Bast ts not enviable, particularly when enduring transport from one place to mother. Fowls are always sent to market with their legs tied, so that U Is Impossible for them to more. Live pigs are transported In the Straits Settlements by steamer or barge, shipped singly in wicker work baskets lust large enough to take a single pig. in this cramped and uncomfortable po sition. for the animal's legs are tied, making it nothing mors thsn a living log, it Is often shipped long distances. Water is thrown over the animals and occasionally they are allowed to drink, but nothing is given them to eat? Popular Science Monthly. 1 " " ' Banana Fltur In United States. Banana flour now la being made on a large scale and Is Imported to tbe United States from Porto Rico. It has added much to the wealth of the Island is well as giving the United States i new product for the table. Werst Kind of Dust Dust Is everywhere, but the worst kind of dust Is that which la confined within the tour walls of a room. The dust Is always germ-laden, because It Is Infested with effete matter thrown off by human bodies. Suburban Wow. "How's auburban life?" "I'm getting all the worst of It My chtckena lay. their eggs sway from bona sad now my grapevine has run over Into my neighbor's yard.' ?LioatsvUle Courier Journal. Franklin's PhHeeophy. "He thai hath a trade hath an estate; and be that hath a calling Hath a place of profit and honor. A owman on his legs is higher than n -ntleman on his hsees.'?BentaMa rianklt*
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