Gallipoli

The charge of the First and Third Australian Light Horse Brigades (on foot) in Gallipoli on August 7th [1915] was one of the most superbly devoted deeds it is possible to conceive.

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Gallipoli is seen as the place where Turkey stepped out from the crumbling Ottoman Empire and began its path towards nationhood.

The Forgotten Wars | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

He escaped to England, was posted to the Royal Horse Artillery, served in Gallipoli, France, and Italy, and was decorated with the Military Cross and a Bar.

Dunkirk to Dieppe and Beyond 1942

Of course, we went to Gallipoli, and may I tell you one short story of an occurrence in Gallipoli -- a true story.

The Outlook of Empire 1932

If Canada had happened to have any graves in Gallipoli she would also have been automatically in a position to influence the negotiations and the misunderstanding which caused such trouble subsequently would never have arisen.

A Successful Experiment in Imperial Co-operation 1925

(Applause) General Davey had the distinction of having served on a number of fronts at various times during the progress of the war, in Gallipoli-on which he is going to speak today-in Egypt, in France, and in Belgium.

Gallipoli 1920

In spite of our failure in Gallipoli, and the anxious position of General Townshend's force, Egypt is no longer in danger of attack, if it ever has been; our sea-power has brought a Russian force safely to Marseilles; and the possibilities of British and Russian Collaboration in the East are rapidly opening out.

England's Effort: Letters to an American Friend 1916

British Army with the great fighters from the self-governing colonies waged a battle so hopeless and so gallant that the word Gallipoli shall always remind the world how man may triumph over the fear of death; how with nothing but defeat and disaster before them, men may go to their deaths as unconcernedly as in other days they go to their nightly sleep.

History of the World War, Vol. 3 Francis Andrew March 1895

British Army with the great fighters from the self-governing colonies waged a battle so hopeless and so gallant that the word Gallipoli shall always remind the world how man may triumph over the fear of death; how with nothing but defeat and disaster before them, men may go to their deaths as unconcernedly as in other days they go to their nightly sleep.

History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Richard Joseph Beamish 1895

The deeds of the Anzacs in Gallipoli and France are immortalised in many records -- magnificently in John Masefield's "Gallipoli" -- an epic in its simplicity.

Women and War Work Helen Fraser