GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN

Evening Star, Issue 21098, 10 May 1932, Page 10

GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN

SIR lAN HAMILTON VINDICATION BY HISTORIAN LONDON, April 28. “ Sir lau Hamilton vindicated.” That summarises various reviews of the final volume of Brigadier-general As-pinall-Oglander’s official history of Gallipoli. Mr Compton Mackenzie, author, who served at the Dardanelles, writing in the ‘ Daily Mail,’ says that for many years tho expedition has been regarded as a foolish and reckless project of Mr Winston Churchill, foolishly and recklessly prosecuted by Sir lan. “It is good to think that both men lived to see themselves vindicated in the eyes of all unprejudiced men,” writes Mr Mackenzie. “ Both made mistakes, but they were not those commonly attributed to them. General Aspinall-Oglander dismisses tho idea that Sir lan set his troops an impossible task, the narrow margin by which success was missed disproving that allegation. “ Tho historian says it may be claimed that Sir lan’s temperament was admirably suited to the hazardous task. Resolution, dash, enthusiasm, self-confidence, imagination, and. great personal courage were the qualities demanded from such a leader. “ Sir lan possessed them, all, although some of his troubles were due to the defects of his own qualities, for his optimism and boyish spirits inclined him, when fortune smiled, to make light of obstacles.”