Gully Ravine

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Gully Ravine

Gallipoli

Social and cultural history First World War

Author: Stephen Chambers

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Language: English

Published by: Pen & Sword Military

Published on: 19th March 2003

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 32 Mb

ISBN: 9781783400270


Gully Ravine and the Western Side of the Helles Battlefield

This book concentrates on Gully Ravine and its immediate area on the western side of the Helles battlefield. Here trench fighting raged throughout the campaign, culminating in the Battle of Gully Ravine between 28 June and 5 July 1915.

This attack was a successful piece of planning and execution, enabling the British to capture five lines of Turkish trenches, seriously threatening the Turkish hold on the southern tip of the peninsula.

After this attack the region fell into the deadlock of trench warfare, which brought its horrors as well as its monotony. This beautiful and picturesque area of Gallipoli is seldom visited, and its part in the campaign almost forgotten.

The book is well researched and contains a high proportion of original photographs and maps, which have never been published before.

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