Item 02: Hunter Gibson diary, March 1915 - March 1916 - Page 32

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from the allied offensive in the West does not stir our phlegmatic temperaments to any demonstrative exhibition of the indications of the satisfaction which we nevertheless deeply feel. It was made at the right moment. It will no doubt profoundly affect the morale of the Germans combined as it is with the check & reverses in the East and the change in the Bulgarian attitude. If it is true, that the Dardanelles have been forced and the result of this operation has the its is coincident with our expectations it does not seem to me unreasonable to hope that the end is near. With the dream of an Empire extending through Asia Minor shattered, with alienated Balkan sympathies, and reverses & checks on the eastern & western frontiers the German must surely hopes & aspirations must receive a severe shock.