THE DARDANELLES
ADDITIONAL AUSTRALASIAN WOUNDED. MORE SERIOUS CASES. FfiEMANTLE, November 16. A further hospital ship has arrived with many blind and limbless patients, also a number of mental cases. SIR lAN HAMILTON. A MALICIOUS SLANDER SCOTCHED. LONDON, November 16. (Received Nov. 16, at 10.15 p.m.) Mr H. J. Tcnnant (Undersecretary for War) said the wounded at the Dardanelles were generally extremely welt looked after, but the number of wounded had exceeded anticipation, and the shipping was not sufficient. He hoped Sir lan Hamilton's despatch would soon be published. There had been rumours that Sir lan Hamilton spent too much time on shipboard and insufficient ashore. His headquarters were 45 minutes' steam from Suvla Bay, 40 minutes from Anzac, and 45 from Heles. An officer intimately associated with Sir lan Hamilton said that no commander=in=chief in modern times was more with the troops under fire than Sir lan Hamilton. There was not a single frontline trench that he had not visited. INTERMITTENT ACTIVITY. NO IMPORTANT ACTION. PAEIS, November 16. (Received Nov. 16, at 10.40 p.m.) There has not been any important action on GallipoK since the Ist inst. The Turkish artillery and infantry are intermittently active. British monitors continue their bombardment.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16543, 17 November 1915, Page 5
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