SIR IAN HAMILTON'S CONFESSION.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 205, 1 September 1916, Page 1 (Supplement)

SIR IAN HAMILTON'S CONFESSION.

Who coined the word "Anzae"? To judge from a foreword by General Sir lan Hamilton to a book by Signaller Ellis Silas, that gallant general was the "coiner" ; for Sir lan remarks that lie is glad to write ,a word' of good irslveß to the book, "'as the man who first, seeking to save himself trouble. omitted the five full steps and brazenly mined tie word 'Answer'" ' The book, wh ;r !i is out tied ' ( rusadin2 aft Anzac, A.D. H>l- r >." has anion..; its remarkable features a double foreword Sir George liirdwcod, Sir lan Hamilton's fellow-contributor, remarks that the book is "an excellent record of the life of the troops at Cape Hell/es ami Suvla. The pictur.-s and the writing n tie book are spirited and lifelike to a do«:rce.