<P> The French battleships Suffren and Gaulois were also damaged ; the ships had sailed through a new line of mines placed secretly by the Ottoman minelayer Nusret ten days before . The losses forced de Robeck to sound the `` general recall '' to protect what remained of his force . During the planning of the campaign , naval losses had been anticipated and so it was mainly obsolete battleships , which were unfit to face the German fleet , that had been sent . Some of the senior naval officers , such as the commander of Queen Elizabeth , Commodore Roger Keyes , felt that they had come close to victory , believing that the Ottoman guns had almost run out of ammunition but the views of de Robeck , the First Sea Lord Jackie Fisher and others prevailed . This ended Allied attempts to force the straits using naval power , due to unacceptable losses and bad weather . Planning to capture the Turkish defences by land began and two Allied submarines tried to traverse the Dardanelles but were lost to mines and the strong currents . </P>
<P> The French battleships Suffren and Gaulois were also damaged ; the ships had sailed through a new line of mines placed secretly by the Ottoman minelayer Nusret ten days before . The losses forced de Robeck to sound the `` general recall '' to protect what remained of his force . During the planning of the campaign , naval losses had been anticipated and so it was mainly obsolete battleships , which were unfit to face the German fleet , that had been sent . Some of the senior naval officers , such as the commander of Queen Elizabeth , Commodore Roger Keyes , felt that they had come close to victory , believing that the Ottoman guns had almost run out of ammunition but the views of de Robeck , the First Sea Lord Jackie Fisher and others prevailed . This ended Allied attempts to force the straits using naval power , due to unacceptable losses and bad weather . Planning to capture the Turkish defences by land began and two Allied submarines tried to traverse the Dardanelles but were lost to mines and the strong currents . </P>
who was the overall british commander of the gallipoli campaign
who was the overall british commander of the gallipoli campaign
Roger Keyes
Roger Keyes