The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-07
GENERAL HAMILTON TELLS HOW ALLIED
 TROOPS LANDED ON
 TURKISH PENINSULA
First Full Detailed Descrip- ton of Fighting in the Dardanelles Given Public by British Commander

London, July S.-t3;4O ?. m.)--Gen- the allied troops Tt Dardanelles. pays tribute to the navy in his first full report describing the purple days of the landing on the GaIIipou peninsuin
 'srhe royal navy has been father and mother to the army. Not one of us but realizes how much he owes to Vice Admiral De Robeck; to the warships French and British, to the destroyers mine sweepers and picket boats and to all their dauntIess crews who took no thoughts of themselves but risl>ed ev- erytbing to give their comrades fair run at the enemy" says the report.
 The commander in chiefs dispath to the war office Is of great length but most of these events already had been chronicled.
 Having reached the conclusion, after witnessing the "stupendous' battle be- tween the warships and the land fort resses, that it would require the whole of his strength to enable the fleet ef- fectively to force the Dardanelles, Gen. eral Hamilton prepared to fling all hts troops rapidly ashore, in the full Knowledge that an attempt to land on such we'll defended theatre of opera ton "involveds difficulties for which there is no precedent in military his tory, except possibly in the sinister legends of Xerxes.'
 Heavy Casualties
 General Hamilton admits "it was touch and go,' many times before the invaders established a footing. In sev- eral instances half of the landing par ties were killed or wounded before they could reach even the slight shelter af- forded by the sandy bank of the upper part of the beaches. Most of the senior officers either were killed or wounded
 The Turks had turned the landing places into death traps. There were wire entanglements the whole length of the shore, with a supplementary barbed wire network concealed beneath the surface of the sea. Land mines and sea mines were everywhere, and ma chine guns cunningly tucked away in holes in the cliffs, conyerged their fire on the attackers.
 ''So strong, in fact, were the de- fences" says the general, that the Turks may well have considered them impregnable. and it is my firm con viction that no finer feat of arms has ever been achieved by the British sol dier or any other soldier than the storming of these trenches from open boats on the morning of April 25."
 General Hamilton speaks of long lines being moved down as by a seythe Ot the endless chains of wire entangle- ments he writes:
 Again the heroic wire cutters came out. Through the glasses they could be seen quietly shipping away under the hellish fire as though they were prun- ing a vineyard"
 Of the Australians he says
 Like lightning they leaped ashore and each man that did so went straigGt with his bayonet at the enemy. So vig orous was the onslaught the Turks made no attempt to withstand it and fled from ridge to ridge pursued by the Australian infantry"
 A shortage of ammunition prevented the allies from gaining the hoped for footing on Achi Baba Had it been possible" says General Hamilton, "tc push in endorsements of men, artil lery and munitions Krithia should have fallen, and much subsequent fighting foi it's capture would have been avoided.
 Up to May 1,'' he continues, "the net result of the operations was the re- pulse of the Turks and the inhictior upon them of heavy losses. At first we had them fairly on the run and had 1, not been for those inventions of the devil machine guns and barbed wire which suit the Turkish character anC tactics to perfection, we should not have stopped short of the crest of Ach Baba."
 General Hamilton pays high tribu.t to the French forces. who lost heavily He reports the British losses during tho period between April 25 and May 5. a. TIT officers and 1890 men killed, 412 Of ficers and 7SO7 men wounded; 13 officer. and 35S0 men missing