Identifier: britishcampaign00dane (find matches)
Title: British campaigns in the nearer East, 1914-1918
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Dane, Edmund
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns Turkey and the Near East World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf
Publisher: London, New York (etc.) : Hodder and Stoughton
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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acted inlet and the hardly less con-tracted outlet the Narrows expand to a breadth of morethan two and a half miles. The operations on February 26 were a reconnaissance.In advance of the main fortifications were Fort Dardanoson the Gallipoli shore, and Soghandere on the Asiaticshore. Albion, Vengeance, and Majestic were ordered tosteam in and attack these works in order to ascertaintheir armament. It proved to be of no more thanmedium weight, but the attack drew the fire of batterieshitherto unlocated, and it became evident that themere demolition of the permanent works would notsuffice. The plan of the enemy clearly was to replacethe destroyed forts by earthworks which might beabandoned when knocked to pieces, and reconstructedelsewhere. Activities of that description were afootbehind Kum Kale, and with the plain intention when thefleet entered the channel of opening an unexpectedbombardment of it from the rear, and at close range.Landing parties of marines were accordingly thrown 54
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CUP/RlGHI (^To face page 54. BRITISH CAMPAIGNS IN THE NEARER EAST ashore to complete the destruction of the enemys gunsin the entrance works. This, covered by the guns ofthe battleships, they did. Owing to northerly winds and a heavy sea, nothingfurther was attempted by the Allies for a week. Buton March 4, the weather having moderated. Lord Nelsonand Ocean went forward and once more threw landingparties ashore. This time, however, the Turks, realisingthe damaging character of the manoeuvre, were preparedto resist in force. The landing party at Kum Kale,after a hot fight against superior numbers, were drivenback to their boats with a loss of 47 killed, woundedand missing. Next day, March 5, the first attack began on themain fortification. It was directed against the forts atKilid Bahr. One of them was blown up, apparentlyby a shell firing the magazine. On March 6 the bombardment was resumed withinthe channel by Vengeance, Albion, Prince George, Majes-tic and Sujfren. Neglecting the ma

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