With The Fleet In The Dardanelles, Some Impressions Of Naval Men And Incidents During The Campaign In The Spring Of 1915

William Harold. D. Price

• Publisher: Lucknow Books
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781782891048
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Military Biographies
• Index: History

As warfare ground to a halt in the static, bloody trenches of the Western Front in 1914, the Allied command sought to lever Germany's Turkish allies out of the war. Although the British had but a small standing peacetime army, she possessed the largest fleet in the world, and planned to use the awesome power of her huge naval guns to blast a passage through the Turkish defences of the strait. Constantinople would thereby be threatened and Turkey forced to sue for peace. The plan was bold, ambitious and doomed to fail.As the confident fleet steamed up through the Mediterranean, Padre Price kept a diary of his experiences and anecdotes of the Jolly Tars. However, his notes are filled with danger and bloodshed as the fleet encounter the brave and stubborn shore batteries, taking its baptism of fire. Though gallant and bloodied by the shells of the enemy, the fleet could not force the passage - a fateful failure that would lead to the landings at Gallipoli and further allied failures. Author — Price, William Harold. D. 1917Preface — Sir Everard Fraser K.C.M.G. (1859-1922)Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in London, A. Melrose, ltd. 1915Original Page Count – xvi and 124 pages.Illustrations — 6 Illustrations.

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Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

DEDICATION 6

PREFACE 7

AUTHOR’S NOTE 8

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 9

FOREWORD 10

I—IN CLASSIC WATERS 11

A PAGEANT OF EMPIRE 12

THE “FIRST CASTLES“ OF EUROPE AND ASIA 13

II—THE FORE-CROSS PASSAGE 14

CLEARING FOR ACTION 14

THE FIRST GUN 14

THE TRANSMISSION STATION 15

AT THE WHEEL 15

III—HELL’S GATES 17

A SPECTACULAR SCENE 17

DELIBERATE FIRE AT CLOSE RANGE 17

THE FORTS IN FLAMES 18

IV—THE “PRESS BUREAU “ 20

THE FLEET IN A STORM 20

A FLOATING MINE? 20

V—SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS 22

THE NARROWS 22

FORT DARDANUS 23

A FEARFUL AND WONDERFUL SCENE 23

VI—OURSELVES AS OTHERS SEE US 25

SEARCH FOR COVER 25

A HELLISH DIN 26

VII—THE TROGLODYTES 28

A SING-SONG IN B“ CASEMATE 28

“THE COUNT “ 29

VIII—PEACE AND WAR ON A SUNDAY 31

FORT HAMIDIEH HOTLY ENGAGED 31

A SHELL 32

THE MEN IN THE CASEMATES 32

IX.—A DAY AND A NIGHT ON THE DEEP 35

THE FORCE OF A HE...

Table of contents

• Title page
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• DEDICATION
• PREFACE
• AUTHOR’S NOTE
• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
• FOREWORD
• I-IN CLASSIC WATERS
• II-THE FORE-CROSS PASSAGE
• III-HELL’S GATES
• IV-THE “PRESS BUREAU “
• V-SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS
• VI-OURSELVES AS OTHERS SEE US
• VII-THE TROGLODYTES
• VIII-PEACE AND WAR ON A SUNDAY
• IX.-A DAY AND A NIGHT ON THE DEEP
• X-A NIGHTMARE
• XI-THE HEALING MEDICINE OF MIRTH
• XII-A “MAKE AND MEND“
• XIII-A PREVIOUS ATTEMPT