Item HAMILTON, ISM 7/3/1 - Correspondence and press cuttings, 1915-1919, relating to war correspondent Ellis Ashmead Bartlett's coverage of the Gallipoli campaign

Papers relating to Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, war correspondent on Gallipoli, including copy telegram correspondence between Hamilton and FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, Secretary of State for War, relating to Ashmead Bartlett's pessimistic views on the conduct of the Gallipoli Campaign, 3-8 Jun 1915, and to the interception of Keith Arthur Murdoch at Marseilles, France, 21-29 Sep 1915; copy letters from Hamilton to Kitchener, Maj Gen Charles Edward Callwell, Director of Military Operations, War Office, and Leopold Stennett Amery MP, 29 Oct 1915-4 Nov 1915, refuting assertions made in a lecture by Ashmead Bartlett that arrangements were not made to supply water to troops at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli; 'Cabinet and the Dardanelles-warnings ministers ignored', article by West Fenton de Wend-Fenton, supporting Ashmead Bartlett's reportage on Gallipoli, The Sunday Times, 26 Dec 1915; 'Ellis Ashmead Bartlett on Sir Ian Hamilton's report', article by Ashmead Bartlett criticising Hamilton's despatch of 11 Dec 1915 for strategic mistakes made on Gallipoli, The World, 1 Feb 1916; letter from Hamilton to the Dardanelles Commission, alleging that information received from Turkish prisoners indicated Ashmead Bartlett's articles aided Turkish morale, 15 Jan 1917; copy correspondence between Hamilton and Bertram Blakiston Cubitt, Assistant Under Secretary of State for War, relating to Hamilton's views on a proposal that Ashmead Bartlett receive a decoration for his activities, 11-12 Mar 1919. 1 file