GALLIPOLI ECHOES
SIB (AN HAMILTON CRITICISM BY ADMIRAL LONDON, Dec. 1 Did Sif lan Hamilton have in mind Admirals Lord Fisher and Sir John Roebuck when he told the British Legion in his recent outspoken statement on Gallipoli that senior admirals trembled for their beloved ships 'immediately they saw a fort ?■
.Admirfjl Mark Kerr presumes he did,
and adds: "Every officer acquainted with these gallant sailors, also with Sir Roger Kcyes, /will deprecate Sir lan's aspersions. "It would have been madness to take the FJeet through the Narrows before we occupied both shores," lie went on. "The Narrows were mined and torpedo tubes wpre 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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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21359, 7 December 1932, Page 12
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