Letter · 25 Dec 1915 · At Sea Turkey-Egypt, Egypt
A stealth mission
Albert ('AJ') Newton was killed in action on the Somme, 27 September 1916.
Extracts from this letter
"The evacuation...... 'extended over a period of seven days and it says a great deal for those in charge that the Turks got no word of what was happening."
"Had they done so our loss of life must have been heavy, as the firing line was gradually thinned and weakened until the whole position was held by a mere handful of men."
"All our troops were taken off at night and great care was taken to prevent the Turks getting wind of what was going on."
