Show BRITISH CAMPAIGN S. S AT DARDANELLES UNDER PROBE Commissioner Declares the Troops Stayed Longer Than A Advisable By sy Associated Press LONDON DON Nov l ov 8 The The report of ot th the commission which has been Investigating ing the disastrous Dardanelles eX expedition tion of ot 1915 finds tHat when It was de decided decided decided de- de t to send an expedition to Galli- Galli poll poli sufficient consideration was not given to measures Hec necessary to success success suc sue cess and that difficulties of the operation operation operation opera opera- tion were svere much under underestimated at the outset All the decisions taken and the provisions for tor the expedition ac- ac corling to the report were based baAed on the assumption that if Ir a a. landing were effected the resistance would be bc slight and the ance ad rapid PREPARATIONS CRITICISED The members of the commission be believe believe be- be lieve that the conditions for tor a military attack should have been studied and a general plan prepared b by the chief chic of the general staff start Lieutenant General Sir James Wolfe Murray while It was the duty of the secretary of War var to see that this was done The rhe commission recognizes the thc personal personal per per- onal gallantry and determination to win at all costs of General Ian HamIlton Hamilton Ham Itam- ilton commander in chief of ot the ex expedition cx- cx and also that the task was One of ot the most extreme difficulty more so as the authorities at home at first misconceived the nature and of ot th the opera operations EVACUATION TOO SLOW The commissioners ners think It would have been well 1 had Sir Ian the more critical situation disclosed on the first landings Impartially weighed the probabilities of success or failure having failure having regard for tor his re resources re- re sources sources and and submitted to the war secretary secretary sec see a comprehensive statement The commissioners bell believe eve that after the advice of ot General Sir Charles C C. Monro Momo who succeeded General Hamilton as commander of the expedition In favor tavor of ot a withdrawal from the Dardanelles had been confirmed by Earl Kitchener evacuation e should have occurred im immediately im- im mediately |