"In my last letter I endeavoured to describe the position at Anzac. On the following day I visited Cape Helles... I found that the French Staff are all convinced that a landing ought to be made on the Asiatic shore..."

"Winston asked me to call to see him. I went to Wimborne House. He seemed depressed and down on his luck. He said the new Government is worse than the old one."

"I splashed across to tea at the Viceregal. Afterwards all of us... settled down to a poker Hell. Their Excellencies and Basil were entertaining Devlin in another room."