Vous, Mon Général, vous aurez été l'ouvrier de cette grande idée, et l'annonciateur de cette aurore.

Gén A d'Amade.

Fronsac,
Gironde, France.
22 décembre, 1919.


CONTENTS

PAGE
PREFACE[v]
LETTER FROM GENERAL D'AMADE TO THE AUTHOR[x]
CHAPTER
I.THE START[1]
II.THE STRAITS[21]
III.EGYPT[54]
IV.CLEARING FOR ACTION[86]
V.THE LANDING[127]
VI.MAKING GOOD[159]
VII.SHELLS[196]
VIII.TWO CORPS OR AN ALLY?[219]
IX.SUBMARINES[243]
X.A DECISION AND THE PLAN[283]
XI.BOMBS AND JOURNALISTS[314]
XII.A VICTORY AND AFTER[343]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

SIR ROGER KEYES, VICE-ADMIRAL DE ROBECK,
SIR IAN HAMILTON, GENERAL BRAITHWAITE[Frontispiece]
LIEUT.-GEN. SIR J.G. MAXWELL, G.C.B., K.C.M.G[58]
REVIEW OF FRENCH TROOPS AT ALEXANDRIA[78]
S.S. "RIVER CLYDE"[132]
"W" BEACH[176]
GENERAL D'AMADE[222]
VIEW OF "V" BEACH, TAKEN FROM S.S. "RIVER CLYDE"[254]
MEN BATHING AT HELLES[294]
THE NARROWS FROM CHUNUK BAIR[330]
GENERAL GOURAUD[346]
MAPS
KEY MAP[Inside front cover]
CAPE HELLES AND THE SOUTHERN AREA[At end of volume]