"As the purposes of the operations have now been accomplished, it is no longer necessary for our troops to operate under the guns of the enemy fleet, and in accordance with the general strategic plan our forces retired by stages to our first defensive line.
"In the past few weeks our army ireated the world to the spectacle of an army with no guns heavy enough to make an impression on the armoured naval vessels. of the enemy, holding outposts on the coast for three weeks, and inflicting as well as sustaining heavy casualties
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