World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula
[137] This destruction of a signal and telegraph station was probably
the incident referred to at the end of Sir Ian’s second dispatch. He
tells how Corporal G. A. Walker, R.E., although much shaken, repaired
the damage, collected men, and within 39 minutes reopened communication
by apologising for the incident and saying he required no assistance.
Twelve were killed or wounded, beside the officer on duty, killed.
[138] This was the German General Weber, commanding the “Southern
Group” on the Peninsula. He was superseded by Vehib Pasha, “a grim and
fanatical Turk,” the change causing great discontent among the Germans.
“In this case, the Turkish point of view prevailed, for General Liman
von Sanders, Commander-in-Chief of the Gallipoli Army, was determined
not to lose his post, and agreed slavishly with all that Enver Pasha
ordained” (_Two War Years in Constantinople_, p. 46).
[139] See note on p. 223.
[140] The _Aragon_ was torpedoed in the Mediterranean, January
1918.
[141] First Dardanelles Commission Report, par. 14, note. It seems to
have been a section of the “War Committee” established by the Coalition
Government of May 19.
[142] This estimate does not include the French casualties, which are
not published.
[143]
The 13th Division consisted of the following brigades:
38th (Brigadier-General Baldwin)--
6th Royal Lancashire, 6th East Lancashire, 6th South
Lancashire, and 6th North Lancashire.
39th (Brigadier-General W. de S. Cayley)--
9th Royal Warwick, 7th Gloucester, 9th Worcester, and
7th North Stafford.
40th (Brigadier-General J. H. du B. Travers)--
4th South Wales Borderers, 8th Royal Welsh Fusiliers,
8th Cheshire, and 5th Wilts.
The 8th Welsh Regiment were Divisional Pioneers.
[144]
The 11th Division consisted of the following brigades:
32nd (Brigadier-General H. Haggard)--
9th West York, 6th Yorkshire, 8th West Riding, and 6th
York and Lancaster.
33rd (Brigadier-General R. P. Maxwell)--
6th Lincolnshire, 6th Border, 7th South Stafford, and 9th
Sherwood Foresters.
34th (Brigadier-General W. H. Sitwell)--
8th Northumberland Fusiliers, 9th Lancashire Fusiliers,
5th Dorset, and 11th Manchester.
The 6th East Yorkshire were Divisional Pioneers.
[145]
The 10th Division consisted of the following brigades:
29th (Brigadier-General R. J. Cooper)--
10th Hampshire, 6th Royal Irish Rifles, 5th Connaught
Rangers, and 6th Leinster.
30th (Brigadier-General L. L. Nicol)--
6th and 7th Royal Munster Fusiliers, 6th and 7th Royal
Dublin Fusiliers.
31st (Brigadier-General F. F. Hill)--
5th and 6th Inniskilling Fusiliers, 5th and 6th Royal Irish
Fusiliers.
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