GALLIPOLI ECHOES
ADMIRAL RESENTFUL
SIR lAN HAMILTON’S CRITICISM,
LONDON, December 2. Did Sir lan Hamilton have in mind Admirals Lord Fisher and Sir John de Robeck when he told the British Legion in a recent outspoken statement on Gallipoli that senior admirals trembled for their beloved ships immediately they saw a fort?
Admiral Mark Kerr presumes he did, and says: “Every officer acquainted with these gallant sailors, also with Sir Roger Keyes, will deprecate Sir lan’s aspersions. “ It would have been madness to take the Fleet through the Narrows before we occupied both shores,” he went on. “ The Narrows were mined and torpedo tubes were placed on the shores. The waters were so shallow that ships striking mines would have blocked the gaps in the mine field, and the shore batteries could not have been destroyed by gunfire from ships outside. “ These stubborn facts prove that Sir lan’s statements are absurd,” concludes Admiral Kerr,
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Evening Star, Issue 21284, 13 December 1932, Page 7
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154GALLIPOLI ECHOES Evening Star, Issue 21284, 13 December 1932, Page 7
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