_Commander_, Commodore O. Backhouse (R.N.). (Howe, Hood, Anson, and Benbow Battalions.) _Third Naval Brigade._ (Marine.) _Commander_, Brigadier-General C. N. Trotman (R.M.L.I.). (Chatham, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Deal Battalions.) FRENCH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. _Général Commandant le Corps Expeditionnaire Français d’Orient_, Général de Division d’Amade. _Chef d’Etat-Major_, Lieut.-Colonel Descoins. _Commandant d’Armes de la Base_, Général Baumann. _Division._ _Général Commandant_, Général Masnou. _Chef d’Etat-Major_, Commandant Romieux. _Colonel Commandant l’Artillerie_, Lieut.-Colonel Branet. _Commandant du Génie_, Capitaine Bouyssou. _1ère Brigade Metropolitaine._ _Général de Brigade_, Général Vandenberg. Comprising 175ème Régiment d’Infanterie Metropolitaine (Lieut.-Colonel Philippe), and a Régiment de marche d’Afrique (Lieut.-Colonel Desruelles), mixed Zouaves and Foreign Legion. _Brigade Coloniale._ _Général de Brigade_, Colonel Ruef. Comprising 4ème Régiment mixte Colonial (Lieut.-Colonel Vacher), and 6ème Régiment mixte Colonial (Lieut.-Colonel Noguès). The Division had six batteries of “75’s,” and three of “65” mountain guns; four guns to each battery. Most unfortunately, the Indian Brigade, under General Cox, was for the present left in Egypt, though its service there was no longer required, and Sir Ian had appealed to Lord Kitchener for it. Ultimately it arrived, just too late, on May 1. The total number of the force was under 70,000; of these certainly not more than 60,000 could be used for action, even including the necessary reserves. [Sidenote: SIR IAN’S ADDRESS] Landing was intended on April 23, but on the 20th a heavy wind arose, and blew for forty-eight hours, rendering the movement of small boats difficult even in Mudros harbour. On the 21st the Commander-in-Chief issued the following address to his forces: “SOLDIERS OF FRANCE AND OF THE KING: “Before us lies an adventure unprecedented in modern war. Together with our comrades of the Fleet, we are about to force a landing upon an open beach in face of positions which have been vaunted by our enemies as impregnable. “The landing will be made good, by the help of God and the Navy; the positions will be stormed, and the War brought one step nearer to a glorious close. “‘Remember,’ said Lord Kitchener, when bidding adieu to your Commander, ‘Remember, once you set foot upon the Gallipoli Peninsula, you must fight the thing through to a finish.’ “The whole world will be watching your progress. Let us prove ourselves worthy of the great feat of arms entrusted to us. “IAN HAMILTON, _General_.”