We know indirectly—i.e., through a Turkish official com- munication—that the
landing-place to the north was at Karachali, a place on the coastal road from Enos to Kayak, where it joins the road to Bulair and the rear of the Turkish positions in the western part of the Peninsula. The Turks, however, declare that they "dispersed" this force. But this, there seems good reason to believe, is a piece of Turkish bluff, and merely represents the fact that the landing was difficult and opposed. Anyway, Karachali would seem to be a phew exceedingly well chosen for menacing the Turkish com- munications. If we have only sufficient men to make good- i.e., to fight our way from Karachali to Bulair—we ought very soon to be able to do things on a big scale. If Bulair were threatened, the Turks must either retreat from the Peninsula or run the risk of our getting astride this narrow piece of ground, digging ourselves in, and taking our enemies between two fires.
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