GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20071, 8 October 1928, Page 10

GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN.

GERMAN'S REVELATIONS. OPPORTUNITY FOR VICTORY. Australian and N.Z. Press Association. LONDON. Oct. 5. In his book on Gallipoli General Kannengiesser expresses the opinion that the long month between the opening of the cannonade from the fleet and the landing of the firs':. British troops almost ruined the chances of success for which feverish and thorough preparations had been made. He describes in dramatic passages tho hardships the antagonists jointly suffered under the blazing sun on tho barren strip of land. . Then in August, 1915, came the second landing and the 24-hour delay in pressing the surprised and unreinforced lurks. " During tho wholo day of August 9 tho goddess of victory held the door of Miccess wido open for General Sir Frederick Stopford, but he would not enter," says the writer. There was a moment, General Ivannongicsser claims, when he and a staff officer stood on a vital ridge overlooking Suvla Bay and saw British infantry only 500 yards away. These two men with revolvers were the sole opposition to the occupation of tho heights, yet the attack was delayed until the enemy was rushed lip by forced marches and strongly entrenched.