Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 7/4/21
Title
Memo by French General Henri Gouraud, Jun 1915, on Turkish oppostion and proposals to promote uprising against the Ottoman Empire
Date(s)
- 1915 Jun 13 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
5pp (4 copies)
Scope and content
Typescript memorandum to Hamilton by French Gen Henri Joseph Étienne Gouraud, General Officer Commanding French Corps Expéditionnaire d'Orient, giving an appreciation of Turkish opposition and tactics; proposals for the use of the expected fourteen monitors to support Allied offensives on the Asian side of the Straits, at Gaba Tepe and at Bulair; recommendations for measures to bring Bulgaria into the war against Turkey, and to stimulate uprisings throughout the Ottoman Empire. In French. 5pp Four copies