GALLIPOLI DIFFICULTIES.
GENERAL MAXWELL'S VIEWS. , By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright'. London, May 31. i'ioneval Sir John Maxwell, writing in the Standard regarding GiiUipoli, says: "Lord Kitchener ordered me to give Sir Inn Hamilton all the men he asked for. I did so time and again, and sent the best, troops and denuded Egypt to cope with life demands. Thereby I took groat risks, knowing the danger of an attack on the Suez Canal, which was finally left with one-complete formation of Yeomanry. Sir lan Hamilton got the pick of the Australians. When he states that I refused a brigade of Gluirkas I merely reply that there was no such brigade." As regards Sir lan Hamilton's statement that the administrative stall' had not yet reached Mndros at the time planned for the landing, General Maxwell characterises it as an amazing admission. The work of dealing with the sick, wounded, water supplies, and ammunition was the concern of the administrative staff. The general staff was concerned with the fighters only. General Maxwell adds: "Gallipoli failed in a great part owing to,, the impasse over the sick and wounded and the' lack of water."—United Service.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 June 1920, Page 5
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