Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 7/1/11
Title
Letters to Prime Minister H H Asquith, Mar-Sep 1915, on the progress of the Dardanelles campaign
Date(s)
- 1915 Mar 25 - 1915 Sep 30 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file, 6 letters
Scope and content
Letters from Hamilton to Rt Hon Herbert Henry Asquith MP, Prime Minister, relating to the progress of the Dardanelles Campaign, including Hamilton's impressions of French and Australian troops and the Royal Naval Division, 25 Mar 1915; the casualties and accomplishments of 29 Div on Gallipoli, 7 Jul 1915; the problems of sickness among the troops, diversion of forces to Salonika, and the negative effect of the conversation and reports of Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, war correspondent, on morale, 30 Sep 1915. 1 file, 6 letters