THE DARDANELLES

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 38, 15 June 1915, Page 5

THE DARDANELLES

“A FIGHT TO A FINISH.” ORDER BY SIR lAN HAMILTON. Per Press Association. Auckland, June 14. A. warning of the difficulties confronting them and a final exhortation to the forces under his command were contained in a sepcial order issued b> General Sir lan Hamilton, commanding the Mediterranean expeditionary lone, on April 21, four days before the binding on Gallipoli Peninsula. A copy of the Order was received in Auckland by to-day’s mail. Its text is as follows :

“Soldiers of France and of the KingBefore us lies an adventure unprecedented in modern war. together with our comrades of the fleet, we are about to force a landing upon an open beach in face of positions which have been vaunted by our enemies as impregnable. The landing will he made good by the help of God and the Navy. The positions will he stormed, and the war brought one stop nearer to a glorious close. ‘Remember,’ said Lord Kitchener, when bidding adieu to your commander, ‘remember once you set foot upon the Gallipoli Peninsula you must light the tiling through to a finish.' The whole world will be watching our progress . Let us prove ourselves worthy of the great feat of arms entrusted to us.—lan Hamilton, General. ’