“ENEMIES AT HOME”
RUIN OF GALLIPOLI PLAN HAMILTON ALLOTS BLAME By Cable.—Press Association. — Copyright. LONDON, Saturday. “The arch-enemy of the Dardanelles expedition was the late Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson,” said General Sir lan Hamilton In an address to .the Naval Division Association. “At first he approved of an attempt to detach the. Turks, but wljen we were fighting at Gallipoli it was another story. “S i r Henry visited Marshal j Foch in July, 1915, and 'gave him the latest news firom Gallit poli. -lie added [ the remark that the success of the expedition would be a disaster. Sir Henry made it his business to go around trying to ruin us, tlnjugh he held a high appointment upon the staff of another commander-in-chief. “We had many other enemies. - Lord French, who had formerly signed himself my devoted friend, ceased writing to me once I had started westward for British headquarters in "ranee. Admiral Fisher regarded the Dardanelles expedition as detestable heresy. History has now shown that the expedition’s enemies were in the wrong.”— A. and N.Z.-Sun.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 201, 14 November 1927, Page 1
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