Dardanelles campaign (1915-1916)
Found in 688 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 25 Oct 1915 - Aug 1916
Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 25 Oct 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.
(Untitled), 22 Dec 1916
Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry: minority minute and memorandum by Walter Roch criticising the War Council's handling of the operations, including WSC's failure to give enough weight to the opinions of his naval advisers.
(Untitled), 20 Feb 1915
Telegram from Lord Kitchener to Lieutenant-General Sir John Maxwell giving instructions for the sending of additional troops to Lemnos to co-operate with the naval force at the Dardanelles. Printed copy.
(Untitled), 24 Feb 1915
(Untitled), 26 Feb 1915
Telegram from to Lord Kitchener to Lieutenant-General Sir John Maxwell instructing him to send a message instructing General Sir William Birdwood that until the Dardanelles have been forced by the Navy his troops should be limited to minor operations and asking him to send an assessment of the number of troops which will be needed at Constantinople once the straits have been forced. Printed copy.
(Untitled), 04 Mar 1915
Telegram from Lieutenant-General Sir John Maxwell to Lord Kitchener conveying a "much mutilated message" from General Sir William Birdwood giving his proposals for the operations of his troops in the Dardanelles once they are ready to disembark from 18 Mar onwards. Printed copy.
(Untitled), 03 Mar 1915 - 04 Mar 1915
(Untitled), 04 Mar 1915
Telegram from Lord Kitchener to Lieutenant-General Sir John Maxwell instructing him to transmit a message to General Sir William Birdwood giving him details about how his troops concentrated at Lemnos are to be deployed after the Fleet has forced the Dardanelles. Printed copy.
(Untitled), 05 Mar 1915 - 06 Mar 1915
(Untitled), 15 Mar 1915 - 18 Mar 1915
(Untitled), 19 Mar 1915 - 21 Mar 1915
(Untitled), 22 Mar 1915 - 23 Mar 1915
(Untitled), 24 Mar 1915 - 25 Mar 1915
(Untitled), 31 Aug 1916
Letter from Sir Reginald Brade (War Office) to WSC (41 Cromwell Road) enclosing the copies of letters and telegrams [relating to the Dardanelles] for which WSC asked [see CHAR 2/88/18-42]. Signed typescript. Annotated by WSC that the papers were "pruned" in 1923 and that there were many more valuable papers, especially about French co-operation.
(Untitled), 24 Feb 1915
Letter from WSC to Lord Kitchener commenting on communications between Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden and General Sir William Birdwood on operations in the Dardanelles and complaining about the recruitment of persons engaged in Admiralty work. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 27 Feb 1915
Letter from WSC to Lord Kitchener on the preparation of transports to the Dardanelles for the 29th Division and the need for the French Division to come to Lemnos in view of the absence of British regulars. Typescript copy. Other copies at CHAR 2/74/58 and CHAR 2/81/15.
(Untitled), 04 Mar 1915
Letter from WSC to Lord Kitchener on arrangements for the transport of troops for the Dardanelles. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 14 Mar [1915]
Telegram from WSC (Admiralty) to Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden on the number of troops available for operations in the Dardanelles and Carden's plans to force the straits. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 25 Mar [1915]
Letter from Lord Kitchener (War Office) to WSC stating that preparations are continuing for land operations in the Dardanelles and hoping that the Navy will continue to engage the forts so that the Turks expend their ammunition. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 01 May 1915
Letter from WSC (Admiralty) to Lord Kitchener on the rapid disembarkation of troops [for the Dardanelles operations]. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 16 Jun 1915
Letter from Lord Kitchener to WSC reporting that no time is being lost in sending out reinforcements to the Dardanelles and noting that Greece may come into the war and that Bulgaria will probably demand territory from Turkey. Typescript copy. Another copy at CHAR 2/74/115.
(Untitled), 24 Aug 1915
Letter from WSC to Lord Kitchener enclosing a memorandum on naval operations in the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara which he has sent to Herbert Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith] and Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] [see CHAR 2/88/32-38]. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), [21] [Aug] [1915]
Memorandum [by WSC] describing a plan whereby 3 or 4 monitors may be got through the Dardanelles into the Sea of Marmara and, with protection from submarines, cut Turkish communications across the Bulair Isthmus. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), [26] [Oct] [1915]
Notes by WSC (10 Downing Street) suggesting that between the 15th and the 31st of December the Russians should pass through Romania to attack the Austro-German communications with Constantinople [Turkey], that a renewed attempt be made to force the Dardanelles and that the French army should advance from Greece to threaten the Bulgarian flank. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), [26] [Oct] [1915]
Notes by WSC (10 Downing Street) [to Lord Kitchener] headed "a vision" suggesting that Baghdad [Iraq] could be captured, the Dardanelles forced and Constantinople occupied in the coming December and January. Typescript copy.