Cutting from the Liverpool Daily Courier: article anticipating the publication of the memoirs of Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] and referring to the statement of Dr Helfferich, the former German minister of finance, that the Gallipoli campaign came close to success.

Letter from Guy L'estrange, London editor of the Liverpool Courier (187 Fleet Street, London) to Edward Marsh (War Office) giving the source of the remark by Dr Helfferich, the former German minister of finance, that the Gallipoli campaign came close to success.

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 Ian Hamilton (1 Hyde Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC explaining that he may omit some parts of his Gallipoli diary when it is published (but not his references to "the wickedness at the end which bust up the whole show") and praising WSC's painting of a cedar.

Letter from Sir Ian Hamilton (1 Hyde Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC explaining the alterations and omissions he has made to his Gallipoli diary for publication and thanking him for his advice. Asks if WSC would like him to say anything in his address to the 9th Royal Scots regiment.

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 Sir Ian Hamilton thanking him for sending a copy of [Hamilton's Gallipoli diary], noting the good reviews it has received, and approving Hamilton's answer to Sir John Maxwell. Typescript copy.

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 T Taylor Heywood, journalist (11 Geneva Terrace, Rochdale, [Lancashire]) to WSC asserting that unless he explains who was responsible for the failure of the Dardanelles campaign many young Conservatives like Heywood will leave the party because it is allowing WSC back into its ranks.

Map showing the disposition of Russian and Austria forces and the Royal Naval Air Service Armoured Car Division around Kozova (Austria) and Brzezany.

Continuation of a detailed report by a member of the Royal Naval Air Service Armoured Car Division (Proskurov, Russia) on the Division's operations on the Russian front, including details of casualties. Includes an assessment of General Brussilov. Typescript copy.

Letter from Commander Oliver Locker-Lampson (48 Dover Street, [London]) to WSC enclosing a letter to Sir Edward Carson [later Lord Carson] stating the case for sending police forces composed of Allied troops to Russia [see CHAR 2/95/73-81].

Articles from the National Review by Leo Maxse attacking ministers, including WSC, whom he believes gravely underestimated the German threat before the war and have been too sanguine since it broke out, defending Lord Kitchener against his critics, and considering what he (Maxse) sees as the damning verdict on the Government of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry.

Article from a periodical on the grave shortcomings of the Government revealed by the report of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry.

Article from the National Review by "a Naval Correspondent" entitled "the end of the Fisher legend" considering the report of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher].

Article from the Nineteenth Century and After on the report of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry.

Part of an article by John Leyland on the report of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Typescript copy.

Article from the Contemporary Review by Alexander MacCallum Scott on the interim report of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry.