eninsula, I would cable him quickly.
Then why does he ask? Well--and why shouldn't he ask? I must not be so
captious. Much better turn the tables on him by asking him to enable us
to knock out the danger he fears:--

"(No. M.F. 331). From General Sir Ian Hamilton to Earl Kitchener. With
reference to your telegram No. 5460. As already reported in my telegram,
fire from the Asiatic shore is at times troublesome, but I am taking
steps to deal with it. Of course another battery of 6-inch howitzers
would greatly help in this."

By coincidence a letter has come in to me this very night, on the very
subject; a letter written by a famous soldier--Gouraud--the lion of the
Ardennes, who is, it so happens, much better posted as to the Asiatic
guns than the Jeremiah who has made K. anxious. The French bear the
brunt of this fire and Gouraud's cool decision to ignore it in favour of
bigger issues marks the contrast between the fighter who makes little of
the enemy and the writer who makes much of him. I look upon Gouraud more
as a coadjutor than as a subordinate, so it is worth anything to me to
find that we see eye to eye at present. For, there is much more in the
letter than his feelings about the guns of Asia: there is an outline
sketch, drawn with slight but masterly touches, covering the past,
present and future of our show:--

_Q.G. le 13 juin 1915._

Corps Expeditionnaire d'Orient.

CABINE DU GENERAL.

N. Cab.
SECRET.

Le General de Division Gouraud, Commandant le
Corps Expeditionnaire d'Orient, a Sir Ian
Hamilton, G.C.B., D.S.O., Commandant le
Corps Expeditionnaire Mediterraneen.
QUARTIER GENERAL.

MON GENERAL,

Vous avez bien voulu me communiquer une depeche de Lord Kitchener
faisant connaitre que le Gouvernement anglais allait envoyer
incessamment aux Dardanelles trois nouvelles divisions et des
vaisseaux moins vulnerables aux sous-marins. D'apres les
renseignements qui m'ont ete donnes, on annonce 14 de ces monitors;
4 seraient armes de pieces de 35 a 38 m/ 4 de pieces de 24, les
autres de 15.

C'est donc sur terre et sur mer un important renfort.

J'ai l'honneur de vous soumettre ci-dessous mes idees sur son
emploi.

Jetons d'abord un coup d'oeil sur la situation. Il s'en degage, ce
me semble, deux faits.

D'une part,