Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] (Tingewick House, Buckinghamshire) to WSC on his account of the Dardanelles campaign, including his correction of inaccuracies in Vice-Admiral Cecil Usborne's "Smoke on the Horizon" and his criticism of the role of Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] and Duckworth.

Letter from [WSC] to Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] giving his permission to publish a telegram of his sent during the Dardanelles campaign in which he talked of two or three hundred casualties as being "a moderate price". Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] (Tingewick House, Buckinghamshire) to WSC describing how he argues in his account of the Dardanelles campaign that a battle to force the Narrows would have resulted in victory for the Allies and mentioning that he is staying with Vice-Admiral Harry Godfrey, who is a supporter of his and WSC's.

Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] (Tingewick House, Buckinghamshire) to WSC asking him to read his chapters on the Dardanelles campaign, reporting that Butterworth & Co have agreed to publish his naval memoirs in two volumes and asking WSC to help him "to put that old villain [Lord Fisher, earlier Sir John Fisher] in his proper place in history".

Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] (Tingewick House, Buckinghamshire) to WSC describing the next two chapters in his account of the Dardanelles campaign which cover WSC's efforts to get Rear-Admiral John de Robeck to adhere to the naval attack.

Letter from [WSC] to Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] giving detailed suggestions as to how he should treat the resignation of Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] in his account of theDardanelles campaign. Carbon typescript copy.

Official history of the Gallipoli campaign by Cecil Aspinall-Oglander [earlier Cecil Aspinall]: chapter VI: "Final preparations at Mudros" Typescript draft.

Letter from Brigadier-General James Edmonds (Historical Section (Military Branch), Committee of Imperial Defence) to Edward Marsh suggesting changes to the official history of the Gallipoli campaign by Cecil Aspinall-Oglander [earlier Cecil Aspinall].

Letter from [Edward Marsh] to Brigadier-General James Edmonds reporting that WSC does not see the need to ask Cecil Aspinall-Oglander [earlier Cecil Aspinall] to amend his official history of the Gallipoli campaign and wishes Edmonds to let him have the passages to which he (Edmonds) takes exception. Carbon typescript copy.

Note from Edward Marsh to [WSC] explaining that Brigadier-General James Edmonds's criticisms of the official history of the Gallipoli campaign are on small details and suggesting that history sub-committee get him to discuss them with Cecil Aspinall-Oglander [earlier Cecil Aspinall], the author.

Letter from Brigadier-General James Edmonds (Historical Section (Military Branch), Committee of Imperial Defence) to Edward Marsh enclosing and commenting on CHAR 2/162/42-43. Annotated by WSC denying Edmonds' assertion that there is no question of altering [the official history of the Gallipoli campaign] as a whole.

Criticisms [by Brigadier-General James Edmonds] of chapter XII of the official history of the Gallipoli campaign [by Cecil Aspinall-Oglander, earlier Cecil Aspinall]. Sent with CHAR 2/162/41.

Official history of the Gallipoli campaign: chapter XII: "The day after the landing". Typescript draft.

Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later Lord Keyes] (Admiralty House, Portsmouth, [Hampshire]) to WSC recalling a talk he had with Vice-Admiral Paul Guepratte at the time of the Dardanelles campaign.

Letter from [WSC] to Vice-Admiral Paul Guepratte (5 Rue de Neptune, Brest, Finisterre [France]) agreeing with his praise of Vice-Admiral John de Robeck and praising the French naval squadron which fought in the Dardanelles campaign. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter in French from Vice-Admiral Paul Guepratte (5 Rue de Neptune, Brest, Finisterre, [France]) to WSC thanking him for his reply to Guepratte's letter criticising his article on the Dardanelles campaign [see CHAR 2/169/76-77 and 79-82] and regretting the vehemence of his first letter.

Letter from [WSC] to Vice-Admiral Paul Guepratte (5 Rue de Neptune, Brest, Finisterre, [France]) responding to his critical letter [see CHAR 2/169/79-82] by inviting him to read volume two of "The World Crisis" for the full story of the naval attack on the Dardanelles and asserting that the telegram sent by Vice-Admiral John de Robeck on 10 May 1915 invited a negative answer to the question of renewing the naval attack on the straits. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter in French from Vice-Admiral Paul Guepratte (5 Rue de Neptune, Brest, Finisterre, [France]) to WSC criticising a recent article by WSC on the Dardanelles campaign in which WSC asserted that the telegram sent by Vice-Admiral John de Robeck on 10 May 1915 invited a negative answer to the question of renewing the naval attack on the straits.

Note by WSC instructing Edward Marsh to reply to Sir Maurice Hankey that WSC thinks it is wrong of the Army Council to tamper with the work of [Cecil Aspinall, later Cecil Aspinall-Oglander] the official historian [of the Dardanelles campaign].

Letter from Sir Maurice Hankey (Offices of the Cabinet) to Edward Marsh on passages in Cecil's Aspinall's [later Cecil Aspinall-Oglander] history [of the Dardanelles campaign] which the War Office wishes to be excised.

Note [on the desire of the War Office to excise a passage from Cecil Aspinall's [later Cecil Aspinall-Oglander] official history of the Dardanelles campaign].

Letter from Edward Marsh (Treasury Chambers) to Sir Maurice Hankey on the passages in Cecil Aspinall's [later Cecil Aspinall-Oglander] official history of the Dardanelles campaign which the War Office wish to be excised.

Note from Edward Marsh to [WSC] reporting that Edward Spears has told him that Cecil Aspinall [later Cecil Aspinall-Oglander], the official historian of the Dardanelles campaign, has written a chapter on policy which completely justifies WSC's views and which the War Office has vetoed on the grounds that Aspinall had exceeded his brief.

Letter in French from Franchet d'Esperey (Perros par Bubry, Morbihan, [Franche]) to Jacques Balsan reporting that in Constantinople in 1919 Djevad Pasha, a Turkish commander, had told him that the forces defending the Dardanelles were in such a state that had the Royal Navy continued its attack it would have succeeded. Sent with CHAR 2/153/15-16.