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Memories of one or two obsolete six inchers at Ladysmith helped me to feel as Constantinople would feel when her rail and sea communications were cut and a rain of shell fell upon the penned-in populace from de Robeck's terrific batteries. Given a good wind that nest of iniquity would go up like Sodom and Gomorrah in a winding sheet of flame.
The main source of this grievance was the publication of Admiral de Robeck's despatch concerning the first landing at Gallipoli.
Will you in your turn assist me in getting the seaplanes arriving here in Ganges? I have wired to Admiral de Robeck, I want them badly, so please help me if you can. "Forwarded by ADMIRAL ROBINSON." Cutlet for cutlet! I wish it had occurred to me sooner to do a deal with some aeroplanes. But, then I have none. No matter: I should have promised him de Robeck's! South Africa repeats itself!
I did this thing deliberately as Braithwaite reminds me every time I am tempted to sit down and unbosom myself to one who would sympathise and lend us a hand if he could: in truth, I am torn in two about this; but I still feel it is wiser and better so; not only from the K. point of view but also from de Robeck's.
But de Robeck's reply to Winston might be read as if I had expressed an opinion, so I am bound to clear up that point definitely. "From GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON. "To VICE-ADMIRAL SIR JOHN DE ROBECK.
K. adds, "I hope you and the Admiral will be able to devise some means of clearing a passage." Have just cabled back "Every day I have consultations with the Admiral": I cannot say more than this as I am not supposed to know anything about de Robeck's cable as to the "means of clearing a passage" which went, I believe, yesterday. No doubt it lay before K. when he wired me.
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