To his many admirers Hamilton was a shamefully ill-used commander, on whom no shadow of censure should fall; to his very numerous critics he was the embodiment of incompetence.
Today, fifty years after the campaign which ended his career, it is becoming increasingly difficult to form a balanced judgement from the opinions of contemporaries.
They are either all for Hamilton, or all against him.
Source:"Gallipoli"
R.R.James First Publ. 1965