Gallipoli (Dardanelles) Photo Album Page 2

	A.N.Z.A.C. The Australian & New Zealand Army Corps. Between them they provided about 60,000 men and women to the failed attempt to invade the Gallipoli Peninsular with a view to knocking Turkey (the Ottoman Empire) out of the war. The Campaign lasted about 8 months and was a disaster for both sides. The Allied effort was combined British and French. The Turks were victorious but it cost them 86,000 killed in action. The Allies eventually withdrew with combined losses of approx 45,000 killed and another 100,000 plus wounded. Disease also played a big part. This is one of the the most famous images (in Australia) of the Campaign. It was drawn (painted) by Trooper W O Hewett of the 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment at Gallipoli in 1915 for the cover of the ANZAC BOOK. The "worthy sons of Empire" quotation is by King George the Fifth.
A patriotic postcard celebrating the ANZAC effort. This image also appeared on biscuit tins and in magazines.

An artist's impression of the landings at Anzac Cove (actually North Beach), 25 April 1915. The ground behind the cove, which is broken up in to steep gullies and dead ends, rises at 45 degrees or more and in 1915 was covered with thick scrub. Artist William Lambert. Original held by AWM

An artists impression of HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy's most modern, irreplaceable, super-dreadnought battleship, shelling Turkish positions on 18 May 1915. Its inclusion in the naval effort violated the principle that only old warships should be used.

Artist's impression of 2nd Brigade AIF about to charge at the Second Battle of Krithia, 8 May 1915. The attacks were intended to enlarge the Cape Helles bridgehead and link up with ANZAC to the north. The effort did not succeed. The Officer is the Brigade Commander, Brigadier General McCay. Original held by AWM. Artist: Charles Wheeler, 1927. The AWM indicates "men of 2 Bde AIF leaving Tommy's Trench to cross No Man's Land towards the Turkish village of Krithia, urged on by the Brigade Commander General McCay".

The antiquated French battleship Bouvet, sunk by a mine during the naval attempt to force the Narrows of the Dardanelles 18 May 1915. Bouvet, launched in 1896, was a 'fierce face' warship designed to intimidate the enemy by its ugliness. It lacked underwater protection and its internal compartmentation was defective. The explosion was devastating, since there were no survivors.

The 2nd Light Horse at Quinn's Post. One is observing the Turks through a periscope, another is using a periscope-sighted rifle.

The 1st Battalion AIF at Steel's Post, above Anzac Cove, on 3 May 1915. The Australians survived by choosing positions sheltered by higher crests from Turkish fire. Blankets and groundsheets, stretched out over rifle pits, sheltered them from the mid-day sun. The front line lies above the top of the photograph, and the men seen here are waiting to go up. Reinforcements up, wounded down.

A French 75mm battery in action near Sedd el-Bahr (Seddulbahir) during the Third Battle of Krithia, 4 June 1915. This section of colonial artillery (bigors) is a model of their professionalism. The gun is perfectly positioned with its limber to the left, the ready to use ammunition neatly arranged and a pile of empty shell cases stacked to the rear. The gun commander is about to give the order to fire. [This scene was posed for the camera for a newsmagazine.]

A camouflaged Krupp 77mm gun of the Turkish army on the Gallipoli peninsula.

French Senegalese troops unload stores from SS River Clyde, run ashore on V Beach on 22 April, 1915.

A supply dump below Plugge's Plateau, Anzac Cove (actually North Beach). There being no port on the peninsular, supplies had to be run directly onto the open beaches and then carried by man and mule up to the front line.