Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 3/2/3
Title
Draft memo, 2 May 1915, on operations at Gallipoli
Date(s)
- 1915 May 2 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
5pp
Scope and content
Uncorrected proof of memorandum [by FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, Secretary of State for War], on the Dardanelles operations, giving the original reasons for the offensive, the course of events from Jan to May 1915, and outlining the political and military advantages and disadvantages of continuing operations. 5pp.