The chief of the War Office wax Lord Kitchener, who was eager to save the nation, but was badly Generally speaking the officers at the War Omiee were capable but in the wrong posts, of they were cap able but too terrified of Lord Kite chener to say "Boo" to him. Eng land's destinies really rested upon Lord Kitchener himself. He had not vision, or if he had, he could never explain what he saw, but had instinct, and, given a free run, it rarely failed him, Sir Tan spoke of the morning of March 12, 1915, when Lord Kitchener sent for him. entered his room. Me was ing. After a moment he tooked up and said 'We are sending military force to support the Fleet now at the Dardanelles, and you are to have command.'
Within 24 hours ho must hand over a command three times targer than the British Expeditionary Force; receive his instructions; select a staff; got hold of the hang of the Dardanelles and of the nature of the whereabout of his now Fores, and—bundle off, As was to be expected, in so much agitation, all sorts of things were overlooked,
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