The British Slipped Through My Fingers, by Liman von Sanders | 19 December 1915 - 9 January 1916 | Episode 100
Published on 19 December 1915
A German General's View of the Evacuation of Gallipoli.
The evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula, once decided upon, was carried out with extraordinary skill. The following account by the German General Liman von Sanders, the leader of the mission sent to reform the Turkish Army in I 9 I 3, who, during the Gallipoli campaign, took command of the Turkish 5th Army with the rank of Marshal, reveals the bewilderment of the German and Turkish Staffs at this time. They feared that the British manoeuvres might be only a prelude to a renewed attack. In effect, he and his Turkish Staffs had been completely bamboozled when they allowed the British forces to escape practically without casualty.