Gallipoli Diary, Volume I

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Gallipoli Diary, Volume I, by Ian HamiltonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: Gallipoli Diary, Volume IAuthor: Ian HamiltonRelease Date: September 19, 2006 [EBook #19317]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME I ***Produced by Suzanne Shell, Janet Blenkinship and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.netGALLIPOLI DIARYBY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON, G.C.B.AUTHOR OF "A STAFF-OFFICER'S SCRAP-BOOK," ETC.WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPSIN TWO VOLUMESVOL. INEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY 1920PRINTED BY UNWIN BROTHERS, LTD.--WOKING--ENGLANDPREFACEOn the heels of the South African War came the sleuth-hounds pursuingthe criminals, I mean the customary Royal Commissions. Ten thousandwords of mine stand embedded in their Blue Books, cold and dead as somany mammoths in glaciers. But my long spun-out intercourse with theRoyal Commissioners did have living issue--my Manchurian and Gallipolinotes. Only constant observation of civilian Judges and soldierwitnesses could have shown me how fallible is the unaided militarymemory or have led me by three steps to a War Diary:--(1) There is nothing certain about war except that ...