New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-10
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valleys near Kere Where ana "O'''
Win the withdrawal from 'ne
,ou,bern tin there has come 10 a"
end movement begun ". IN eNp'V.yHl
;ion of achievements which Wou.u
have great bearing on the ou''''''
Thousands on thousands OF men Ios'
49,, live IN tho enterprise or erect,
INC landings on the Turkish coSst ~
On tho lighting that has been IN Ptos
ross since. In add tlon' several ~
tleships and smaller war cts''
Fntente Allies have been SUNK or mn
aged as they poured rH'n T., an
against the Turkish ior'"''"''',S
cndavor 70 aid their forces on s"V'
The chief military purpose OF INC
Dar5anclles campaign, begun IN .eos
,,arv 1918. with the bombardmen' o.
TrrLish forts at the entrance 10 INC
.troits nv Entente Allied warships: was
Tho capture Of Constantnopie ana 'he
N'e N"f'N 20 n ..-.-u. which con
rects the Mediterranean with the BLACK
Soc so that Russia might nave an
avenue Cor .he rcce pt Of arms ana am
n,unition and also Tor the oNportatoh
OF Russian grain. For Englahu' 80
cess meant the prevention OF Hnosne'
Turkish invasion of Egypt and tne pei
manent safety Of the Suez Oshsl H"N
highlands communications WIZ" '''N''
Hoped TO sway Balkans.
Politically. victory was expected to
have n powerful effect on the thi'C
balkan States that were stu neutral
Greece. Bulgaria and kumana
whose political status has for E'he'"
tons balanced with that OF IUtNe! i"
the ever changing scale or h"'N"n H..
itics There was cited the possl"''''s
nov realized by BulGar'a's entrance
into the war-of preventing tht eS'"
Central Powers and Turkey, ana AIS
Of the possihlc opening Of O Land route
20 IrSfa an ambition with WIN cn lne
Fnqlish have long credited Germany,
In October. after the succeSsiuI ms
,oesor Of Serbia by the IeutonS ana
III. BuIrars. and the reports that Ger
man ammunition was on us WA! ~
Turkey. q storm Of bitter criticism OF
The governments Dardanelles eampA's"
broke loose ~ England.
Sir Edward Carson. Attorney Ten
eral. res Cncd from the CAP net because
~ disarreemcnt with his colleagues
cvor the campaign, IT was SAID, ana
Winston Churchill. First Lord OF the
Admiralty. the principal target OF al,
49, also resigned. Churchill placed
o~,e ~ .he blame on the shoulders OF
Ajr,irai Lord Fisher, First Sea LORD.
Tbere was also g complete reorganlza-
zion Of the French Cabinet, which was
generally attributed 70 the Balkan
Dardancles situation.
The sending OF the feet 70 force the
Dardaneles without the co-operat'on o.
Iard forces was generally conceded 70
have been the big initial blunder Of the
campaign. The inadequacy OF the Iahd
forces when they we're sent was CRU
cised as another. The government as,
sailapts said that the campaign shouid
have been DELAYED until better pTepaIa-
tions could be made. Some thought the
result would have been different had
the attack been launched immediately
on the declaration Of war with turkey
Try to Justify Move.
Apolorists for the government point
ed 10 the fact that az least large
Turkish army had been prevented. from
operating elsewhere, particularly ID
Egvpt and the Caucasus. They argued
also. that the Balkan situation might
have DEVELOPED much sooner had the ell
fort not been made when II was.
The campaign was marked by three
major operations one by the heeI
alone and TWO by the land forces as
sisted by the fleet The net result was
the conquest Of the tip Of the Gallipoh
Peninsula for distance Of three miles
and narrow segment Of its middle
western coast, about twelve miles IN
length and hardly a mile deep.
The FIRST disaster came on March -.
when mines blew up the French battle
shin Houvet and the British battle
\ ships Irresistible and Ocean while they
. were attempting q dash for the Mar
rows. the fortifcations OF which they
n had been bombarding for several
weeks Several other vessels were
DANCED az The same time. and the feet
withdrew TO the Kgean Sea. On the
same 3av IL wes announced that Ad-
miral Garden. the British commander