The Dardanelles campaign

Mr. Churchill first suggests attack on Gallipoli--Russia’s appeal for aid--A demonstration decided upon--The War Council--Lord Kitchener--Mr. Asquith--Mr. Churchill--Objects of...

Council’s hesitation renewed--A military force prepared--The 29th Division detained--Description of the Dardanelles--Mudros and the islands--Formation of the fleet--Bombardment...

Sir Ian Hamilton’s appointment--His qualifications--Misfortune of delay--Transports returned for reloading--Sir Ian in Egypt--The forces there--The “Anzacs”--Possible lines of a...

The Start from Mudros--Landing at De Tott’s Battery--Seddel Bahr and V Beach--The _River Clyde_--Landing at V Beach--Night there--W Beach or Lancashire Landing--Landing at X Bea...

Sir Ian’s decision to hold Anzac--Advance from V Beach--Death of Doughty-Wylie--The French at V Beach--Position of Krithia--Advance of April 28--Turkish attack of May 1--Reinfor...

State of Constantinople--Our submarines--Sir Ian’s reduced forces--The guns--May 6 at Helles--May 7--May 8--The Australian charge--The 29th Division--Trench warfare--Death of Ge...

Situation on Peninsula--June 4 at Helles--French Colonial troops--Arrival of General De Lisle--June 6 to 8 at Helles--Losses--Want of guns--June 28 at Helles--The Gully Ravine--...

Local Turkish attacks--Turkish reinforcements--Our attacks of July 12 and 13 at Helles--General Hunter-Weston invalided--General Stopford’s arrival--Description of Helles--Ratio...

Feints and arrangement of forces--August 6 at Helles--August 7 to 13--Fight for the Vineyard--Leane’s trenches at Anzac--Lone Pine--Assault of August 6--Continuous fighting till...

Description of the range--Nature of the approaches--General Godley’s force--His dispositions--Evening August 6 to evening August 7--Capture of Old No. 3 Post--Capture of Big Tab...

Description of the bay and surrounding country--General Stopford and IXth Corps--Divisional Generals--Evening August 6 to evening August 7--The embarkation--Work of the Navy--Th...

Causes of the failure in August--Advantages gained--Approximate losses--Adequate reinforcements refused--Arrival of Peyton’s mounted Division--Renewed attempt against Scimitar H...

Sickness increases during September--Monotonous food--Regret for dead and wounded--New drafts--Fears of winter--Sir Julian Byng commands IXth Corps--Events in France, Poland, an...

Sir Charles Monro arrives--His report--The advocates of evacuation--Lord Kitchener visits the Peninsula--General Birdwood appointed to command--Storm and blizzard of November--G...

On November 3, 1914, the silence of the Dardanelles was suddenly broken by an Anglo-French naval squadron, which opened fire upon the forts at the entrance of that historic stra...

The breach with Turkey, so pregnant with evil destiny, did not attract much attention in England at the moment. All thoughts were then fixed upon the struggle of our thin and al...

At the War Council meetings of January 28 a demonstration extending to the possible capture of Constantinople was thus decided upon, and the demonstration was to be purely naval...

As was mentioned, Sir Ian Hamilton reached Tenedos on March 17, the day before the naval engagement. The appointment to command the military forces had come to him unexpectedly...

The wind, which had continued to blow hard on April 22, abated next day, and in the afternoon the transports bearing the covering force of the 29th Division began very slowly to...

Throughout the long and anxious hours of the 25th, while the fate of his army hung uncertain, the Commander-in-Chief was compelled to remain on board the _Queen Elizabeth_ with...

In Constantinople the naval attacks of February had created the dismay natural to a crowded population threatened with destruction. Preparations were hurriedly made for removing...

Thus, within five or six weeks of the first landing, the situation had become serious. At home, the originator of the campaign had ceased to hold important office; its opponents...

While dwelling upon prominent actions in our efforts to advance, such as those of June 4, June 21, and June 28 and the following days, one must always realise that the fighting...

Friday, August 6, was the day fixed for the new attempt. The waning moon was due to rise at 2 of the 7th. To have waited longer would have meant a month’s delay, until moonless...

From the Nek, the Chessboard, and Baby 700, the main ridge or mountain of Sari Bair rises steadily, like a great rounded shoulder, to Battleship Hill (so called from an early na...

Beyond the Asmak Dere, which, as described in the last chapter, formed the northern limit of the Anzac movement against the Sari Bair range, the coast continues its north-wester...

The great assault of the second week in August, extending from Lone Pine to Kiretch Tepe Sirt, and having the mountain height of Chunuk Bair as the centre of its line, must be d...

Upon the Peninsula, it was difficult to estimate the general spirit of the army during the six weeks which followed the valiant but only partially successful efforts of August....

The departure of a Commander-in-Chief acts upon an army like sudden heart disease in a man, or the collapse of a ship’s steering-gear. All is at once bewilderment and uncertaint...