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the French garrison, with the survivors, evacuated the town.

Here is a typical extract from the correspondent's diary for February 7th :-

"To-day the girls of the-Rescue_Home were all killed. There were about eighty of them. To add to the horror the Turks set tires to -the building and we had to witness the scene without being able to lend a hand to prevent it."

The Allies knew that this foul work was going on, for French reinforcements were striving to reach the city. Nevertheless it was during the that Mr. Montagu was able to inform

his Moslem friends in India—but not the British public—that,

come what might, the Turk, should be allowed to retain Con- stantinople. The cynicism of the India Office passes belief.