. Nelson's History of the war. s Expedition violated thesecond and the third of these canons the reader canjudge for himself from the subsequent the application of the first—the value of theobjective sought, and its relation to the central pur-pose of the Allies—can be made clear by a fewgeneral considerations. What were the ends to beattained by the forcing of the Dardanelles ? The Sea of Marmora and the winding straitsthat link it with the y^gean and the Euxine form awater frontier of some two hundred miles betweenAsia and Europe. This meeting-place of the Eastand the West has b
. Nelson's History of the war. s Expedition violated thesecond and the third of these canons the reader canjudge for himself from the subsequent the application of the first—the value of theobjective sought, and its relation to the central pur-pose of the Allies—can be made clear by a fewgeneral considerations. What were the ends to beattained by the forcing of the Dardanelles ? The Sea of Marmora and the winding straitsthat link it with the y^gean and the Euxine form awater frontier of some two hundred miles betweenAsia and Europe. This meeting-place of the Eastand the West has been the source of some ofthe most momentous events in human story begins in the twilight of legend. Asthe traveller approaches the Dardanelles from thesouth he sees on his right, in front of the Bithynian 126 HISTORY OF THE WAR. Olympus, the hill called Kag Dagh, which is thatMount Ida whence the gods watched the siege ofTroy. In the plain between it and the sea flowSimois and Scamander, once choked with famous. eiAer set
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