Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill19 June 1916
Learns Asquith witheld documents in the Dardanelles enquiry which would clear him
Great Britain · Government / Coalition Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Learns Asquith witheld documents in the Dardanelles enquiry which would clear him
The Cromer Commission is announced to investigate the Dardanelles Campaign
The formation of a Commission is announced to investigate the Dardanelles Campaign
Writes to Earl Cromer asking to present his own case without Counsel
Cromer informs Churchill the Commission will meet secretly & Churchill cannot examine
Says there was full authority & at the time there was a reasonable prospect of success. Appears at the enquiry to defend the Dardanelles Campaign
The findings are published but Churchills evidence is not. Churchill has his account of the Antwerp expedition published in the Sunday Pictoral
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