Picture No | 10678747 |
Date | 1915 |
Description | Two naval actions against Turkish forces on land, WW1 |
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With the British navy in distant waters: two brisk actions against the Turkish forces on land during the First World War. Top: an attack on the Dardanelles forts by a British warship -- a dense cloud of smoke rising from the forts. Below: a hot contest with Arab and Turkish forces on the banks of the Shatt-el-Arab -- a British sloop engages mud forts and trenches.
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Source | Illustrations by D. Macpherson and G. H. Davis in The Sphere, 23 January 1915, pp94-5 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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