BRAITHWAITE, SIR IAN, AND FREDDIE MAITLAND _Frontispiece_

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MAJOR-GEN. SIR G. F. ELLISON, K.C.M.G. 6

LIEUT.-GEN. SIR A. G. HUNTER-WESTON, K.C.B., D.S.O 22

SUVLA FROM CHUNUK BAIR 54

GENERAL SIR W. R. BIRDWOOD, BART., G.C.M.G., K.C.B. 80

LIEUT.-GEN. SIR A. J. GODLEY, K.C.B., K.C.M.G. 84

GENERAL BAILLOUD 146

FISH FROM THE ENEMY 170

MARSHAL LIMAN VON SANDERS 182

CREMATING THE ENEMY DEAD 256

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GALLIPOLI DIARY

CHAPTER XIII

K.'S ADVICE AND THE P.M.'S ENVOY

_11th July, 1915._ Worked in my office from early morning till 12.45.
The whole scheme for to-morrow's attack is cut and dried, according to
our cloth: time tables fixed and every round counted.

Freddy Stopford and his Staff turned up from Mudros. Stopford in very
good form. The first thing he did was to deliver himself of a personal
message from Lord K. He (Stopford) wrote it down, in the ante-room, the
moment he left the presence and I may take it as being as good as
verbatim. Here it is:--

"Lord Kitchener told me to tell you he had no wish to interfere
with the man on the spot, but from closely watching our actions
here, as well as those of General French in Flanders, he is certain
that the only way to make a real success of an attack is by
surprise. Also, that when the surprise ceases to be operative, in
so far that the advance is checked and the enemy begin to collect
from all sides to oppose the attackers, then, perseverance becomes
merely a useless waste of life. In every attack there see