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    On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles (WWI Centenary Series)
    On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles (WWI Centenary Series)
    On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles (WWI Centenary Series)
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    On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles (WWI Centenary Series)

    By T. C. Bridges

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    This is a charming work of fiction set durimg the First World War. It follows our hero, Ken Carrington, on his heroic adventures in and around the Dardanelles.
    This book is part of the World War One Centenary series; creating, collating and reprinting new and old works of poetry, fiction, autobiography and analysis. The series forms a commemorative tribute to mark the passing of one of the world's bloodiest wars, offering new perspectives on this tragic yet fascinating period of human history. Each publication also includes brand new introductory essays and a timeline to help the reader place the work in its historical context.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLast Post Press
    Release dateMar 10, 2016
    ISBN9781473368033
    On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles (WWI Centenary Series)

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      On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles (WWI Centenary Series) - T. C. Bridges

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      ON LAND AND SEA

      At The Dardanelles

      By

      T.C. BRIDGES

      Copyright © 2016 Read Books Ltd.

      This book is copyright and may not be

      reproduced or copied in any way without

      the express permission of the publisher in writing

      British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

      Contents

      Introduction to the World War One Centenary Series

      A Timeline of the Major Events of World War One in Europe

      Guns at Sea

      CHAPTER I. THE OPEN PORT

      CHAPTER II. THE LAST OF THE ‘CARDIGAN CASTLE’

      CHAPTER III. THE LANDING

      CHAPTER IV. A RUSE OF WAR

      CHAPTER V. PROMOTION

      CHAPTER VI. GUNS!

      CHAPTER VII. ‘LIZZIE’ LETS LOOSE

      CHAPTER VIII. THE HUNTERS HUNTED

      CHAPTER IX. THE BATTLE BY ROCKS

      CHAPTER X. PRISONERS

      CHAPTER XI. THE FIRING PARTY

      CHAPTER XII. ABOVE THE NARROWS

      CHAPTER XIII. THE SWEEPERS

      CHAPTER XIV. G 2

      CHAPTER XV. KEN MEETS AN OLD FRIEND

      CHAPTER XVI. TACKLING THE TROOPER

      CHAPTER XVII. THE BOARDING PARTY

      CHAPTER XVIII. RUNNING THE GAUNTLET

      CHAPTER XIX. IN THE NICK OF TIME

      Photograph List

      Image 1. Church services on the deck of the HMS Queen Elizabeth in the Dardanelles

      Our splendid Indian troops stood ready at Alexandria to embark for the Dardanelles.

      ‘Ken flung himself on the signaller.’

      ‘He sprang into the water.’

      A friendly salute in passing.

      The landing party at Sari Bair reached the beach covered by the fire of their own guns.

      ‘He drove his bayonet at a dark figure.’

      Stores, horses, and munitions were being landed on V. beach.

      Magnificent work was done by the landing parties in their advance inland.

      ‘How many are there of you in the pit?’

      ‘My German friend isn’t exactly in climbing trim.’

      ‘Hurrah, a plane at last! said Ken.’

      ‘’Tis only Lizzie opening the ball.’

      Within No. 1 Fort at Cape Helles in the Dardanelles.

      Tired out, the soldier was sleeping on a bed of live shells.

      ‘The strain on Ken’s arms was awful.’

      Tins and barbed wire are cut up in the Dardanelles as ‘filling’ for bombs.

      Our gallant bluejackets cheered the return of the triumphant submarine after her wonderful achievement.

      ‘A rock avalanche was roaring down the steep.’

      ‘Roy brought them down on the man’s head.’

      ‘All, even Henkel, glanced upwards.’

      That’s either Fort Degetman or Kalis Bahr.

      Reinforcements of Turkish artillery and machine gun batteries to bar the passage of our boys in khaki.

      ‘She’s leaking like a sieve.’

      When the men return from the trenches, they find sea-bathing most pleasant.

      French and British sailors are friends in play-time as in war-time.

      ‘Hallo! Hallo! Who’s that?’

      ‘Ken sprang over.’

      ‘A black-browed officer came to the rail.’

      ‘Ken’s hand gripped that of father.’

      ‘On every side revolvers were cracking.’

      ‘Up shot a sheet of crimson flame.’

      ‘The deck-house melted in a shower of splinters.’

      Introduction to the World War One Centenary Series

      The First World War was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. More than nine million combatants were killed, a casualty rate exacerbated by the belligerents’ technological and industrial sophistication – and tactical stalemate. It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, paving the way for major political changes, including revolutions in many of the nations involved. The war drew in all the world’s great economic powers, which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire) and the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary. These alliances were both reorganised and expanded as more nations entered the war: Italy, Japan and the United States joined the Allies, and the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria joined the Central Powers. Ultimately, more than 70 million military personnel were mobilised.

      The war was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, by a Yugoslav nationalist, Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, June 28th 1914. This set off a diplomatic crisis when Austria-Hungary delivered an ultimatum to Serbia, and international alliances were invoked. Within weeks, the major powers were at war and the conflict soon spread around the world. By the end of the war, four major imperial powers; the German, Russian, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires—ceased to exist. The map of Europe was redrawn, with several independent nations restored or created. On peace, the League of Nations formed with the aim of preventing any repetition of such an appalling conflict, encouraging cooperation and communication between the newly autonomous nation states. This laudatory pursuit failed spectacularly with the advent of the Second World War however, with new European nationalism and the rise of fascism paving the way for the next global crisis.

      This book is part of the World War One Centenary series; creating, collating and reprinting new and old works of poetry, fiction, autobiography and analysis. The series forms a commemorative tribute to mark the passing of one of the world’s bloodiest wars, offering new perspectives on this tragic yet fascinating period of human history.

      Amelia Carruthers

      A Timeline of the Major Events of World War One in Europe

      Image 1. Church services on the deck of the HMS Queen Elizabeth in the Dardanelles

      Guns at Sea

      Let me get back to the guns again, I hear them calling me,

      And all I ask is my own ship, and the surge of the open sea,

      In the long, dark nights, when the stars are out, and the clean salt breezes blow,

      And the land’s foul ways are half forgot, like nightmare, and I know

      That the world is good, and life worth while, and man’s real work to do,

      In the final test, in Nature’s school, to see which of us rings true.

      On shore, in peace, men cheat and lie - but you can’t do that at sea,

      For the sea is strong; if your work is weak, vain is the weakling’s plea

      Of a first offence or I’m only young, or It shall not happen again,

      For the sea finds out your weakness, and writes its lesson plain.

      "The liar, the slave, the slum-bred cur - let them stay ashore, say I,

      "For, mark it well, if they come to me, I break them and they die.

      The land is kind to a soul unsound; I find and probe the flaw,

      For I am the tears of eternity that rock to eternal law."

      I love the touch of the clean salt spray on my hands and hair and face,

      I love to feel the long ship leap, when she feels the sea’s embrace,

      While down below is the straining hull, o’erhead the gulls and clouds,

      And the clean wind comes ‘cross the vast sea space, and sings its song in the shrouds.

      But now in my dreams, besides the sounds one always hears at sea,

      I hear the mutter of distant guns, which call and call to me,

      Singing: Come! The day is here for which you have waited long.

      And women’s tears, and craven fears, are drowned in that monstrous song.

      So whatever the future hold in store, I feel that I must go,

      To where, thro’ the shattering roar, I hear a voice that whispers low:

      "The craven, the weak, the man with nerves, from me they must keep away,

      Or a dreadful price in shattered nerves, and broken health they pay.

      But send me the man who is calm and strong, in the face of my roaring blast,

      He shall tested be in my mighty fires, and if he shall live at the last,

      He

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