The Dandarnelles Disaster (40 page)

Dardanelles Commission
3
–
4
,
82
,
87
,
161
–
80
; conclusions
179
–
80
; on conduct of war
163
–
6
; and discrepancies in official accounts
162
–
3
; on efficacy of modern artillery
172
–
3
; on failures of war leadership
161
–
2
; on Fisher's resignation
171
; on naval-only strategy
168
–
70
,
175
–
8
; and role of expert advisors to the War Council
164
–
6
; on War Council
171

Dardanelles Committee
3
,
157

Dardanos
106
,
107

de Robeck, Admiral John
99
,
101
,
106
,
107
,
110
–
11
,
115
,
117
,
127
; Churchill presses to renew assault
133
; and Dardanelles campaign
120
–
7
,
177
; and Dardanelles Commission
132
,
162
,
178
; and Gallipoli campaign
148
,
149
,
151
,
160
; need for military support
131
–
2
; orders withdrawal of
Queen Elizabeth
141
; replaces Carden
120
; subsequent career
188
–
9
; warned about U-boats
159

Demir Hissar
(Turkish torpedo boat)
148
–
9

Doris, HMS
(light cruiser)
79

Dresden
(German light cruiser)
65
,
74

Dublin, HMS
(light cruiser)
39
,
41
–
2
,
44
,
50
,
74
,
78

Duckworth, Vice-Admiral Sir John
17
–
19
,
89
,
95
,
136
,
178

Eberhard, Vice-Admiral A E
96
,
110

Edirne/Adrianople
15
,
28
–
9
,
197

Egypt
10
,
22
,
72
,
102
,
184

Emden
(German light cruiser)
64
,
65
,
66

Entente Cordiale (1904)
12
–
13
,
67
,
70
–
1
,
84

Enver Pasha, Lieutenant-Colonel
15
,
53
,
95
,
133
,
145
–
6
,
150
,
178
,
186
,
187
–
8
,
196
; allows Souchon entry to Dardanelles
39
; career and character
23
,
25
,
28
–
9
; expulsion of British naval mission
54
–
6
; orders general mobilisation
30
; and domestic unrest
15
,
28
–
9
,
206
; and Turkish intervention in the war
58
–
9
,
182

Erenkeui Bay
3
–
5
,
121
,
127

Erin, HMS/Reshadieh
(British/Turkish dreadnought)
23
–
4

Euryalus, HMS
(cruiser)
150
,
152

Falkenhayn, General Erich von
185
,
191
,
194

Falkland Islands xii,
73
–
4
,
100
,
161

Fisher, Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot,
1
st Baron
15
–
16
,
40
,
88
,
134
; career and character
19
–
20
,
138
–
40
; and Churchill
133
,
137
,
139
–
42
,
173
–
5
; and Dardanelles Commission
162
,
164
,
165
,
174
,
180
; on Milne
41
–
2
,
68
; and naval-only assault
21
–
2
,
85
,
86
,
130
,
132
,
169
,
171
; orders Sturdee to South America
72
–
3
; plans of attack on Dardanelles
72
; resignations xii,
85
,
138
,
141
–
4
,
173
; return to Admiralty xi,
67
; role in Dardanelles disaster
180
; strategic priorities
82
–
4
; France
see also
Dardanelles campaign; Gallipoli campaign; alliances
11
,
12
,
18
; army
72
,
114
,
152
,
157
; communications with British Mediterranean Fleet
34
,
41
; declares war on Turkey
60
,
70
; failure to intercept
Goeben
and
Breslau
32
–
5
; naval presence in Mediterranean xii,
16
,
27
,
33
,
53
,
56
;
transport of Army of Africa (XIX Corps)
32
–
4
,
40
–
1

French, General Sir John
21
,
72
,
81
,
84

Gaba Tepe
111
,
146
,
152
,
153
,
159

Gallipoli campaign and failures xi–xiii,
20
,
71
,
72
,
76
,
108
,
137
,
145
–
57
,
167
–
8
,
185
–
6
; adverse weather
151
; ANZAC (Australia and New Zealand Army Corps)
90
,
102
–
4
,
110
,
114
,
116
,
148
,
151
–
6
,
176
,
184
; casualty figures
141
,
154
,
155
,
158
,
180
; evacuation of troops
157
–
8
,
189
; French support
145
,
148
,
151
–
3
,
156
; landings
103
–
4
,
151
–
7
; Mustafa Kemal Pasha at
193
–
4
; naval support
134
–
5
,
148
,
150
–
1
; planning
81
,
82
,
90
–
1
,
145
,
147
–
8
,
171
; Trojan horse
147
–
8
; troop availability
114
; Turkish defences
145
–
7
,
156
; underwater campaign
158
–
60

Gaulois
(French battleship)
79
,
105
,
126
,
127

General, SS
(German liner)
31
,
37
,
38
George V, King
67
,
189
; and Fisher's final resignation
143

Germany xi
see also
Dardanelles campaign; Imperial German Navy (IGN); alliance with Austria-Hungary
11
–
12
; military mission to Turkey
10
,
25
–
6
; navy
4
,
12
,
13
,
20
–
1
,
26
,
36
–
7
; prestige in Turkey
28
; reaction to Dardanelles bombardment
129
–
30
; and Russian access to Mediterranean
25
; secret pact with Turkey (1914) xii,
29
–
30
,
32
,
39
,
56
–
8
,
181
,
206
–
7
; woos Ottoman Empire
11
–
12
,
25
–
8

Gloucester, HMS
(light cruiser)
41
,
53
,
74
; exchange of shots with
Breslau
45
,
50
; patrols Messina
42
–
3
; shadows

Goeben
44
–
5
,
50
,
53
; sights
Goeben
and
Breslau
43

Goeben, SMS
(later
Sultan Yavuz Selim
German/Turkish battle cruiser)
26
–
8
,
70
,
85
,
88
,
96
,
99
,
130
,
160
,
170
; ammunition shortages
35
; in Black Sea
182
; boiler trouble
37
,
54
; bombardments by
32
,
34
,
59
; damaged in action
59
–
60
,
96
–
7
; escape through Dardanelles
51
–
2
,
66
,
68
,
71
,
77
,
172
; exercises in Black Sea
58
–
9
; movements in Mediterranean
31
–
2
,
34
–
9
,
44
; ordered to Constantinople
30
; range and speed of fire
35
–
6
; renamed
52
,
53
,
55

Golden Horn
17
,
26
,
30
,
89

Goltz, Lieutenant-Colonel (
later
Field-Marshal) Colmar Baron von der
10
,
96
–
7

Gough-Calthorpe, Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur
197

Grant, Captain Heathcoat
73
,
116

Great Britain
see also
Royal Navy; alliances
12
,
13
,
21
; army
21
–
2
,
118
,
154
,
155
,
157
–
8
; British Expeditionary Force (BEF)
61
,
66
,
72
,
81
; and coalition Cabinet
142
,
143
,
201
; declares war on Germany
30
–
1
; declares war on Turkey
60
,
70
; demonstration against Turkey
81
–
5
,
102
,
168
,
169
,
178
,
182
,
190
; relations with Turkey
22
–
4
; response to closure of Dardanelles
57
–
8
; safeguarding oil supply
182
–
4
; War Office
17
,
22

Greece
9
,
14
,
15
,
71
,
195
–
7

Greene, Sir Graham
145
,
167

Grey, Sir Edward
14
,
21
,
36
,
142
,
165
,
168

Guépratte, Rear-Admiral Emile
79
,
99
,
105
,
121
,
126
–
8
,
150
–
1

Hafiz Nazmi Bey, Birindji-Yuzbashi (Lt-Commander)
1

Hakki Bey, Yuzbashi (Lieutenant)
1
,
4
Halil Pasha
28

Hall, Admiral Sir Reginald
133

Hamidieh I
111
,
125

Hamilton, Admiral Sir Frederick
142
–
3
,
145
,
177

Hamilton, General Sir Ian Standish Monteith
118
–
20
,
146
,
147
,
154
; and Dardanelles Commission
177
–
9
;
Gallipoli Diary
(1920)
13
,
118
,
190
; and naval assault
122
,
131
; planning for landings
148

Hankey, Lieutenant-Colonel Maurice
20
–
2
,
72
,
82
–
3
,
136
,
140
,
143
,
164
,
172

Hatuse
(Japanese battleship)
2

Haus, Admiral Anton
27
–
8
,
39

Hayes-Sadler, Captain Arthur
115
,
121
,
126
–
7

Heireddin Barbarossa
(Turkish battleship)
159

Henri IV
(French battleship)
130

Hermes, HMS
(seaplane carrier)
65
,
66

Hersing, Lieutenant-Commander
158
,
159

Hindenburg, Field-Marshall Paul von
62

Hipper, Rear-Admiral Franz von
97
–
9

Holbrook, Lieutenant Norman
80
,
122

Hornby, Sir Geoffrey Phipps
19
–
20

Humann, Commander Hans
37
,
45
,
95

Hunter-Weston, Major-General Aylmer
118
,
152

Ievstafi
(Russian battleship)
96

Imperial German Navy (IGN) xii,
3
,
42
see also Breslau, SMS
(later
Midilli;
German/Turkish light cruiser); Germany;
Goeben, SMS
; High Seas Fleet
12
,
16
,
26
,
63
,
97
,
137
,
142
; Mediterranean Division xii,
4
,
16
,
26
–
8
,
30
–
1
,
44
,
51
–
2
,
57
–
9
, xii; threat to North Sea shipping
137
; U-boats (submarines) xiii,
57
,
62
,
64
–
6
,
79
,
89
,
97
,
98
,
135
,
137
,
158
–
60
,
189
,
191