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Anzac and Suvla had been evacuated, but I could hear the guns going hard at Cape Helles.
Greenmantle 2005
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He fell in the Gallipoli Peninsula, leading a forlorn attack in the awful battle of Suvla Bay.
MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003
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In any case, the Admiralty declared, “the decision of the Government to evacuate Suvla and Anzac will not be further questioned by the Admiralty.”
Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003
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Sir “Freddy” Stopford, commanding the troops landed at Suvla, was an amiable, doddering lieutenant general who had retired seven years earlier to battle chronic ill health.
Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003
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Kitchener by then had made his own recommendation that Suvla and Anzac be evacuated and Cape Helles held.
Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003
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He fell in the Gallipoli Peninsula, leading a forlorn attack in the awful battle of Suvla Bay.
MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003
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During the war he had had the grief of planning the attack at Suvla (spoiled by incompetent tacticians) and the battle for Gaza.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003
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He telegraphed the War Council his recommendation that Suvla and Anzac should be immediately evacuated and Helles temporarily retained.
Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003
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He fell in the Gallipoli Peninsula, leading a forlorn attack in the awful battle of Suvla Bay.
MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003
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By dawn on December 20, both Anzac and Suvla had been totally evacuated, with only one man wounded.
Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003
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