I am proud that I have been in command of the 1st London Infantry Brigade and am exceedingly sorry that I am not coming with you. I had hoped that the four battalions of the London Regiment would have gone to the Front as a Brigade. I much appreciate the hard work you all did at Malta and I send you from here with every confidence that you will acquit yourselves in the future as I know you have done in the past, and you will uphold the great reputation you have gained. I feel sure you will do great credit to yourselves and to the City of London Regiment wherever you go. The commanding officer also received a letter from Major-Gen. Sir A. Wallace, C.B., commanding the troops at Alexandria, expressing his appreciation of the discipline and bearing of the Regiment and affirming his conviction of the exemplary manner in which it would carry out its duties on active service. The same day embarkation commenced on to H.T. _Karroo_ at Alexandria, and on the 9th, under escort of two destroyers, the _Karroo_ sailed for Mudros, arriving on the evening of 12th October. The following officers did not accompany the Battalion to Mudros: Capts. G. H. Moore and H. Parkhouse (seconded for duty, in the Censor's Office, Cairo). Lieut. H. W. Dennis (granted leave to England) and 2/Lieut. F. R. C. Bradford (in hospital). For two days the Battalion remained on board in Mudros Harbour, but on the 15th was transhipped to H.T. _Sarnia_, which put to sea about 3 p.m. At midnight the transport anchored off Cape Helles and the Battalion disembarked on to the Gallipoli Peninsula at W. Beach and bivouacked in dugouts in the early hours of the 16th October 1916. The Battalion was now attached to the Royal Naval Division, the infantry of which consisted of the following units: ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION Major-Gen. A. PARIS, C.B. 1ST BRIGADE--Brig.-Gen. David Mercer, C.B. "Hawke" Battalion. "Drake" " "Hood" " "Nelson" " 2/3rd London Regiment. 2/4th London Regiment. 2ND BRIGADE--Brig.-Gen. C. N. Trotman, C.B. 1st Royal Marines. 2nd Royal Marines. "Anson" Battalion. "Howe" " 2/1st London Regiment. 2/2nd London Regiment. The Division was attached with the 42nd (South Lancashire) and 52nd (Lowland) Territorial Divisions to the VIII Corps (Lieut.-Gen. Sir Francis Davies, K.C.B.). * * * * * The 2/4th Londons landed on the Peninsula at a critical period in the fortunes of the expedition, and in order to render clear the position of affairs in the middle of October, some reference is necessary to the course which events had taken since the inception of the campaign.