Britain’s War Minister, Lord Kitchener, visited Gallipoli and Winston Churchill left the Government in November 1915 amid fading support for the Dardanelles campaign.
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Tag: Campaigns
100 Years Ago: Ottomans halt British/Indian advance in Mesopotamia
British and Indian troops were halted in their march towards Baghdad at the Battle of Ctesiphon from November 22nd-25th 1915.
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VC soldier’s ‘shovel’ rescue of Gallipoli comrade remembered
The heroism of a British soldier awarded the Victoria Cross for rescuing a wounded comrade under fire at Gallipoli is remembered on a new memorial in his home town of Reading.
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Gallipoli Centenary Education Project completes battlefield tours programme
Staff and students from a Devon school in the UK have visited the battlefields of the Dardanelles on the third and final tour of a programme organised by the Gallipoli Centenary Education Project.
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100 Years Ago Today: Ottoman siege of Kut starts in Mesopotamia
Ottoman troops trapped a British-Indian force in the town of Kut-al-Amara on December 7th 1915, heralding a siege that lasted almost five months.
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100 Years Ago Today: British ministers order Gallipoli pull-out
The British Government ordered the withdrawal of Allied troops from Anzac Cove and Suvla on December 7th 1915, signalling the end of the Gallipoli campaign.
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Kut-al-Amara: How & why the siege began
General Sir Charles Townshend’s controversial decision to stand against the Ottomans at Kut-al-Amara in December 1915 is discussed in this article by Major Paul Knight.
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Kut-al-Amara: How & why the siege began
General Sir Charles Townshend's controversial decision to stand against the Ottomans at Kut-al-Amara in December 1915 is discussed in this article by Major Paul Knight.
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100 Years Ago Today: Sir Douglas Haig takes over British command on the Western Front
General Sir Douglas Haig succeeded Field Marshal Sir John French as commander-in-chief of British forces in France and Flanders on December 19th 1915.
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100 Years Ago Today: Last Allied soldiers leave Anzac Cove & Suvla
The withdrawal of Allied troops from Suvla and Anzac Cove on Turkey’s Gallipoli peninsula was completed on December 20th 1915.
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