[69] It appears to have been on this occasion that the King, yielding to the representations of M. Venizelos in favour of actively sharing in the Dardanelles enterprise, exclaimed, “So be it then, for the love of God!” See M. Venizelos’ speech to the Chamber in Athens, August 26, 1917 (_The Times_, August 31). [70] Mr. Roch’s Minute, par. 43; Mr. Churchill’s speech on March 20, 1917 (Hansard, 1793). Unhappily, M. Venizelos resigned on March 6, 1915, owing to Constantine’s renewed opposition to a combination with the Allies. [71] Dardanelles Commission; Majority Report, par. 109. [72] Dardanelles Commission; Majority Report, par. 111. [73] In _What of the Dardanelles?_ Mr. Martin Fortescue, an American correspondent, gives a brief but interesting criticism of this unfortunate action from the Turkish-German point of view (pp. 27–47). As seen from the _Cornwallis_ the action is described in _The Immortal Gamble_, pp. 45–53. [74] The total British casualties during the whole naval enterprise were 350; on March 18 they were 61. [75] Dardanelles Commission; First Report, par. 119. Speaking of this naval attack, Dr. Stürmer writes: “To their great astonishment the gallant defenders of the coast forts found that the attack had suddenly ceased. Dozens of the German naval gunners who were manning the batteries of Chanak on that memorable day told me later that they had quite made up their minds the fleet would ultimately win, and that they themselves could not have held out much longer.”--_Two War Years in Constantinople_, p. 84. [76] Dardanelles Commission; First Report, pars. 115, 119. [77] _With the Twenty-ninth Division in Gallipoli_, by Chaplain D. Creighton, p. 23. [78] Dardanelles Commission; First Report, pars. 107, 108. [79] See Sir Ian Hamilton’s first dispatch. [80] The formation and subsequent exploits of this peculiar body are described by Colonel Patterson himself in _With the Zionists in Gallipoli_. [81] For the history of the Australians in Egypt and Gallipoli, see _Australia in Arms_, by Phillip Schuler, the fine young correspondent of _The Age_, Melbourne. To the deep regret of all who knew him, he was afterwards killed by a chance shell while teaching cookery to some men in France. Everything written by Captain Bean and Mr. Malcolm Ross, the authorised correspondents for Australia and New Zealand respectively, is also invaluable for history.