Evidence taken by the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Sent with CHAR 2/100/1.

Part II of the final report of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. With appendix of documents and maps.

Letter from WSC to Sir William Pickford [later Lord Sterndale], chairman of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry, correcting what he sees as the wrong impression given by certain aspects of the Commission's interim report. Printed 17 Apr 1917. Later copies also contained in CHAR 2/102.

Letter from WSC to Sir William Pickford [later Lord Sterndale], chairman of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry, correcting what he sees as the wrong impression given by certain aspects of the Commission's interim report. Further copies at CHAR 2/102/3 - 15. An earlier copy at CHAR 2/102/1.

Letter from WSC to Sir William Pickford [later Lord Sterndale], chairman of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry, correcting what he sees as the wrong impression given by certain aspects of the Commission's interim report. Additional copies contained in CHAR 2/102.

Letter from Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] to WSC explaining his role in the [Dardanelles campaign] and asserting that "the outside world is quite certain that I have pushed you and not you me" and that [Herbert Asquith, later Lord Oxford and Asquith] is the only one who knows that the opposite is true. Typescript copy incorrectly dated 12 April 1918.

Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton (1 Hyde Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC on the steps he intends to take for the publication of his diary once the Dardanelles Commission papers have been laid before the House of Commons. Encloses a letter he has written to Violet, Lady Beaumont and her answer [see CHAR 2/106/66, CHAR 2/106/67 and CHAR 2/106/68].

Cutting from the Sheffield Daily Telegraph: article noting that WSC is expected to escape censure in the second report of the Dardanelles Commission but that he will be criticised in books by Sir Julian Corbett and Sir Percy Scott.

Letter from Sir Ian Hamilton (1 Hyde Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC thanking him for praising his role in the Dardanelles campaign [in his speech paying tribute to General Sir Edmund Allenby, later Lord Allenby].

Letter from Sir Ian Hamilton (1 Hyde Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC reporting that Sir George Arthur's account of the Dardanelles campaign is hostile to WSC but that he does not think it will harm WSC. However a forthcoming article by Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] may be more serious.

Letter from Sir Ian Hamilton (1 Hyde Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC noting that the first of the articles on the Dardanelles by Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] is not hostile to WSC, referring to the valuation of the stock on the farm [at Lullenden] and arguing that Sir George Arthur's portrayal of WSC as an overwhelmingly persuasive and powerful figure during the Dardanelles campaign will do WSC good rather than harm.

Letter from Major G C Woodcock to ? Shaw reporting that Turkish artillery officers believe that a renewed naval attack on the Dardanelles would have succeeded and that parts of the Gallipoli peninsula are so honeycombed that it is surprising that any sort of landing was possible.

Letter from Sir Ian Hamilton (1 Hyde Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC enclosing an article from The Truth on the Dardanelles Commission [see CHAR 2/106/139] and suggesting that the Times correspondent who wrote a "masterly" article on the Commission's report (Mr Sidebotham) should be asked to write one on Commodore Francis Mitchell's report as well.

Cutting from the Truth: article on the report of the Dardanelles Commission taking a sympathetic view of those who planned it and carried it out. Sent with CHAR 2/106/138.

Letter from Sir George Arthur (23, the Boltons, [London]) to WSC thanking him for what he wrote about his chief and recalling that Lord Kitchener did not want to break off the attack on the Dardanelles [Turkey] because he believed that any semblance of a victory by eastern peoples over western ones would lead to trouble.

Letter from [WSC] to 2nd Lord Esher [earlier Reginald Brett] arguing that the Antwerp expedition had an important effect on where the western front line was established and condemning the "criminal blindness" which prevented the naval and military authorities uniting to make the Dardanelles campaign a success. Argues that the assembly of any sort of army at all to meet Britain's post-war commitments was a notable achievement. Typescript copy.

Letter from Sir Ian Hamilton (1 Hyde Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC expressing disappointment at the report of Commodore Francis Mitchell's committee on the Dardanelles defences. Criticises the credentials of the committee's military members, whose attitude prevented the committee from giving sufficient weight to the good evidence that a purely naval attack would have succeeded at an early stage in the campaign.

Letter from [WSC] to Walter Long [later Lord Long] asserting that the conclusions of the report on the Dardanelles will encourage a negative attitude in the Navy and that if it is published so should all other relevant documents. Typescript copy.

Letter from Walter Long [later Lord Long] (Admiralty) to WSC stating that he intends to leave the consideration of the report [on the Dardanelles defences] to his Naval Staff and does not intend to publish it.

Letter from George Lambert [later Lord Lambert] (Ferne, Donhead, Salisbury, [Wiltshire]) to WSC explaining that he wants the biographer of Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] to avoid reviving old controversies and advising WSC to be careful about what he publishes. Praises WSC's work at the Admiralty but says he was "headstrong" over the Dardanelles.

Report by Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Daniel of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the breaking through of the Dardanelles by the German warships 'Goeben' and 'Breslau' and the sequence of events leading to the entry of Turkey into the war. Sent with CHAR 2/114/20.