ABSTRACT
Mckenna's policy rested on two assumptions, that Britain's continental allies would be ready to continue to bear the brunt of the land war whilst Britain held aloof and that Britain and its empire could be kept safe from direct German attack. British intelligence was well-informed about German attempts to support insurrection among the Muslim peoples of the British empire. As soon as the Indian corps landed in France GHQ counter-intelligence officer's began to investigate reports of sedition among the native regiments. On 12 October Delcasse, the French foreign minister, who opposed an expedition to Salonika because he thought that all of France's manpower should be concentrated on the Western front, resigned. Lloyd George wanted to save Serbia and prevent the Germans breaking through to Constantinople by taking advantage of this offer and divert the troops earmarked for Hamilton and the Suvla Bay garrison to Salonika.
