January 1916 carried on from December 1915: The Central Powers conquered Montenegro & the Ottomans tightened the noose around the British Indian force beseiged at Kut-al-Amara. The most competently planned & executed phase of the Entente misadventure at Gallipoli was the final withdrawal. The British introduced conscription.
Winston Churchill, who originally conceived of the Dardanelles Campaign while serving as First Lord of the Admiralty, was blamed almost solely for the Gallipoli disaster, which was unfair. He resigned from the government in November 1915 but remained a Member of Parliament; he returned to the Army, commanding the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers on the Western Front. He returned to Whitehall in May 1916, returning to the government as Minister of Munitions in July 1917.
The Wayback Machine Tour of the World War: January 1916
"The Explorers' Club," № CDLXXVIII: The Siege of Kut, Part II: The Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad (6-8 January 1916)
"The Explorers' Club," № CDLXXIX: The Gallipoli Campaign, Part VII: The final evacuation (9 January 1916)
"The Explorers' Club," № CDLXXX: The Serbian Campaign, Part V: The Austro-Hungarian conquest of Montenegro (5-17 January 1916)
"The Explorers' Club," № CDLXXXI: The Military Service Act 1916 (27 January 1916)
Lest we forget.
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