GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN

Southland Times, Issue 18837, 2 June 1920, Page 5

GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN

SIR lAN HAMILTON'S CHARGES. REPLY BY GENERAL MAXWELL. By Telegraph.— Press Assn.—-Copyright.) (United Service). LONDON, May 31. General Sir John Maxwell, writing in the Standard regarding Gallipoli, says: “Lord Kitchener ordered me to give General Sir lan Hamilton all the men he asked for and I did so. I time and again sent the best troops and denuded Egypt to cope with ftie demands. I thereby took great risks, knowing the danger of attack on the Suez Canal, which was finally left with one complete formation of yeomanry. General Hamilton got the pick of the Australians. When he states that I refused a brigade of Gurkhas I merely reply that there was no such brigade. As regards Genera! Hamilton’s statement that the administrative staff had not reached Mudros at the time planned for landing, Sir John Maxwell characterised it as an amazing admission. The work of dealing with the sick and wounded, water supplies, and ammunition, was the concern of the administrative staff. The General was concerned with fighters only. General Maxwell adds that the Gallipoli campaign failed in great part owing to an impasse over the sick and wounded and lack of water.