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Reference code: CHAR 2/81/9

Part of CHAR 2/81; previous record CHAR 2/81/8; next record CHAR 2/81/10.

Date: 20 Jan 1915

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Letter from WSC (Admiralty) to Lord Kitchener arguing that only those battleships needed for the initial stage of the Dardanelles bombardment should be used at the outset and that the seizure of Alexandretta should be attempted at the same time as the bombardment so that it can be represented as the main operation if the attack on the Dardanelles is checked. Printed copy. Another copy at CHAR 2/74/52.

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Access: Physical: 1 folio
Publication: Published:Winston S Churchill III, pp 267-8; Winston S Churchill : Companion Volume III, Part 1, p 433 Alternative format:
Original Reference: Language: English