[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 He was superseded by Vehib Pasha, “a grim and fanatical Turk,” the change causing great discontent among the Germans.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.