11. Sir E.CORNWALLasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many British prisoners, including those engaged in the Dardanelles campaign, 'are, so far as is known, now in the hand of the Turks?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the WAR OFFICE (Mr. Forster)So far as is known, the total number of prisoners now in the hands of the Turks is approximately 600 officers and 8,370 other ranks. These figures include native Indians and Egyptians in addition to British officers and soldiers and officers and soldiers from the Dominions.
§ Mr. OUTHWAITEIs there any possibility of there being prisoners in the 1843 hands of the Turks, captured at the Dardanelles, whose names have not been received by the Government?
§ Mr. FORSTERI said in reply to a question yesterday that we were doing everything we could to check the names of British officers and men in the hands of the Turks who were taken at Gallipoli.
§ Mr. OUTHWAITEIs there any possibility that there are still men in the hands of the Turks whose names have not been received 2
§ Mr. FORSTERThere is, of course, always a possibility of there being men whose names have not been received. We are doing our best and exhausting every means to get the most accurate information.