CHURCHILL, Winston S. Autograph letter signed ("W.") with an autograph postscript signed ("W.S.C."), to Jack Churchill, 19 June 1915. 9 pages, 8vo, Duchy of Lancaster stationery; with original autograph envelope signed ("Winston S. Churchill") . Marked "private & secret."
CHURCHILL, Winston S. Autograph letter signed ("W.") with an autograph postscript signed ("W.S.C."), to Jack Churchill, 19 June 1915. 9 pages, 8vo, Duchy of Lancaster stationery; with original autograph envelope signed ("Winston S. Churchill") . Marked "private & secret." "THE WAR IS TERRIBLE: THE CARNAGE GROWS APACE...THE YOUTH OF EUROPE, ALMOST A WHOLE GENERATION, WILL BE SHORN AWAY" A lengthy reflection on the fallout from the Dardanelles campaign and the carnage of the Great War, written to his brother who was then a staff officer for Field Marshall French and General Hamilton. "The education of the new men proceeds, & most of the important Unionists are now fully convinced not only of the obligation to carry the Dardanelles policy through, but of the wisdom of the enterprise, in strategy & politics....I was vy much attracted by the Bulair project & I think the naval objections cd have been overcome: but of course the Anzac line of attack, if it succeeded, wd be instantly decisive... K. [Kitchener] always says the troops in Egypt are available as a reserve & that they can come over for an emergency. I hope that every scrap of force that can be laid hands on will be used when the time comes..." He takes comfort in the strains felt in the enemy capital: "All intelligence reports received here show gt anxiety & depression in C'ple [Constantinople]. We must never forget the enemy suffers as well as we do." Following a long discussion of naval weaponry, the submarine blockade, and "the big monitors...What splendid weapons they are.") He steps back and ponders what is clearly going to be a long and bitter conflict: "The war is terrible: the carnage grows apace, & the certainty that no result will be reached this year fills my mind with melancholy thoughts. The youth of Europe, almost a whole generation, will be shorn away. I find it vy painful to be deprived of direct means of action, but I bear the pangs, because I see & feel the value of my influence in general policy. I do not think the present arrangement will last forever, and I hope to regain a fuller measure of control before the end of the year." Churchill hopes his ideas can make it to the ears of the top commanders under whom Jack served: "You can always show my letters to the General," he writes in a postscript, "if you think fit." CHURCHILL'S AUTOGRAPH LETTERS ON THE DARDANELLS CAMPAIGN ARE RARE.
CHURCHILL, Winston S. Autograph letter signed ("W.") with an autograph postscript signed ("W.S.C."), to Jack Churchill, 19 June 1915. 9 pages, 8vo, Duchy of Lancaster stationery; with original autograph envelope signed ("Winston S. Churchill") . Marked "private & secret."
CHURCHILL, Winston S. Autograph letter signed ("W.") with an autograph postscript signed ("W.S.C."), to Jack Churchill, 19 June 1915. 9 pages, 8vo, Duchy of Lancaster stationery; with original autograph envelope signed ("Winston S. Churchill") . Marked "private & secret." "THE WAR IS TERRIBLE: THE CARNAGE GROWS APACE...THE YOUTH OF EUROPE, ALMOST A WHOLE GENERATION, WILL BE SHORN AWAY" A lengthy reflection on the fallout from the Dardanelles campaign and the carnage of the Great War, written to his brother who was then a staff officer for Field Marshall French and General Hamilton. "The education of the new men proceeds, & most of the important Unionists are now fully convinced not only of the obligation to carry the Dardanelles policy through, but of the wisdom of the enterprise, in strategy & politics....I was vy much attracted by the Bulair project & I think the naval objections cd have been overcome: but of course the Anzac line of attack, if it succeeded, wd be instantly decisive... K. [Kitchener] always says the troops in Egypt are available as a reserve & that they can come over for an emergency. I hope that every scrap of force that can be laid hands on will be used when the time comes..." He takes comfort in the strains felt in the enemy capital: "All intelligence reports received here show gt anxiety & depression in C'ple [Constantinople]. We must never forget the enemy suffers as well as we do." Following a long discussion of naval weaponry, the submarine blockade, and "the big monitors...What splendid weapons they are.") He steps back and ponders what is clearly going to be a long and bitter conflict: "The war is terrible: the carnage grows apace, & the certainty that no result will be reached this year fills my mind with melancholy thoughts. The youth of Europe, almost a whole generation, will be shorn away. I find it vy painful to be deprived of direct means of action, but I bear the pangs, because I see & feel the value of my influence in general policy. I do not think the present arrangement will last forever, and I hope to regain a fuller measure of control before the end of the year." Churchill hopes his ideas can make it to the ears of the top commanders under whom Jack served: "You can always show my letters to the General," he writes in a postscript, "if you think fit." CHURCHILL'S AUTOGRAPH LETTERS ON THE DARDANELLS CAMPAIGN ARE RARE.
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