an attack by his country upon Bulgaria at the time of Bulgarian
mobilization -- A dramatic interview with Lord K. -- Confidence
placed in him with regard to munitions by the Russians -- His
speeches in the House of Lords -- The heat of his room -- His
preoccupation about the safety of Egypt -- He disapproves of the
General Staff plan with regard to its defence -- His attitude
with regard to national service -- His difficulties in this
matter -- His anxiety to have a reserve in hand for delivering
the decisive blow in the war -- My last meeting with him -- His
pleasure in going to Russia -- His failure to accomplish his
mission, a great disaster to the Entente cause -- A final word
about him -- He did more than any man on the side of the Allies
to win the war -- Fitz.

CHAPTER V

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The Tabah incident -- The Dardanelles memorandum of 1906 --
Special steps taken with regard to it by Sir H.
Campbell-Bannerman -- Mr. Churchill first raises the question --
My conference with him in October 1914 -- The naval project
against the Straits -- Its fundamental errors -- Would never have
been carried into effect had there been a conference between the
Naval War Staff and the General Staff -- The bad start -- The
causes of the final failure on the 18th of March -- Lord K.'s
instructions to Sir I. Hamilton -- The question of the packing of
the transports -- Sir I. Hamilton's complaint as to there being
no plan prepared -- The 1906 memorandum -- Sir Ian's complaint
about insufficient information -- How the 1906 memorandum
affected this question -- Misunderstanding as to the difficulty
of obtaining information -- The information not in reality so
defective -- My anxiety at the time of the first landing -- The
plan, a failure by early in May -- Impossibility of sending
reinforcements then -- Question whether the delay in sending out
reinforcements greatly affected the result in August 1915 -- The
Dardanelles Committee -- Its anxiety -- Sir E. Carson and Mr.
Churchill, allies -- The question of clearing out -- My
disinclination to accept the principle before September -- Sir C.
Monro sent out -- The delay of the Government in deciding -- Lord
K. proceeds to the Aegean -- My own experiences -- A tri