The repeated failure of Allied attacks against Turkish defensive positions at Cape Helles on the tip of the Gallipoli peninsula in June and July 1915 convinced the Allied commander at Gallipoli, Sir ...
Dardanelles, 17 August 1915 - Tales of loss and heroism are emerging from the Dardanelles as ferocious fighting continues around Suvla Bay in Turkey. This is the second major offensive by allied ...
THE FULL horror experienced by Irishmen serving with the British army at Suvla Bay in Gallipoli during the first World War is captured in a letter sent from Capt Billy Richards to his father in Dublin ...
You’ve got to hand it to the ­Allied generals — they were consistent in their folly. The high command excelled in bad planning, worse decision-making and, perhaps most damning of all, an ­almost ...
Dardanelles, 17 August 1915 - Tales of loss and heroism are emerging from the Dardanelles as ferocious fighting continues around Suvla Bay in Turkey. This is the second major offensive by allied ...