[Illustration] REGIMENTAL NICKNAMES AND TRADITIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY =2/== net A Book Full of Interest to Everyone This unique book describes briefly, but clearly, the History, Uniform, Battle Honours, Traditions, Nicknames, and Crest of every Regiment in the British Army, and is profusely Illustrated with 32 COLOURED PLATES. The many peculiarities of dress and custom in the Army are touched on, and the whole forms a reliable book of reference. NOW READY. On Sale at all Booksellers or direct from GALE & POLDEN, Ltd., 2 AMEN CORNER, EC. [Illustration: GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON.] SIR IAN HAMILTON'S DESPATCHES FROM THE DARDANELLES, ETC. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY FIELD-MARSHAL SIR EVELYN WOOD, V.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., &c. LONDON GEORGE NEWNES, LIMITED CONTENTS PAGE THE FIRST DESPATCH 1 THE SECOND DESPATCH 43 PRESS BUREAU STATEMENTS 84 VICE-ADMIRAL DE ROBECK'S DESPATCH 89 ILLUSTRATIONS General Sir Ian Hamilton _Frontispiece_ Map 1 _facing_ p. 16 Map 2 " 32 Lieut.-General Sir W. R. Birdwood, K.C.S.I. " 40 Map 3 " 64 Brigadier-General R. W. M. Jackson, C.B. " 78 Lieut.-General A. G. Hunter-Weston, C.B. " 82 Map 4 " 96 Map 5 " 116 INTRODUCTION BY FIELD-MARSHAL SIR EVELYN WOOD, V.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., ETC., ETC. "What's brave, what's noble, let's do it." I was serving in the Royal Navy when Lieutenant Lucas, H.M.S. _Hecla_, earned the first Victoria Cross that was gazetted, for having thrown overboard a live shell. I was in the 21-gun battery before Sevastopol sixty-one years ago when Captain Sir William Peel, R.N., picked up from amongst a number of powder cases, and carried resting on his chest, a 42-pounder live Russian shell, which burst as he threw it over the parapet; and having seen many extraordinarily gallant deeds performed by men of all ranks in both Services, I think that I am a fair judge of fighting values.