Sedd

The massive fort of Sedd el Bahr, built in the seventeenth century against the Venetians, housed a mixed group of guns: two 11-inch, four 10-inch, and four 6-inch guns, with ranges up to 8,000 yards; this seemed ample, as the distance across the mouth of the Straits was only 4,000 yards.

Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

The following day, May 26, the twenty-one-year-old Majestic, the oldest battleship in the Royal Navy, returned, anchored off Sedd el Bahr, spread her torpedo nets, and awaited bombardment assignments.

Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

Indomitable and Indefatigable fired from 13,000 yards at Fort Sedd el Bahr on the European side while the two French battleships attacked the Kum Kale forts on the Asian side.

Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

One group of Irresistible marines got as far as Krithia, a village set at the foot of a hill called Achi Baba that dominated the the lower peninsula; ironically, this was the only time in the Gallipoli campaign that British troops would get as far as Krithia, four miles north of Sedd el Bahr.

Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

The River Clyde, with its cargo of 2,000 men packed tightly in the hold, ran in toward the beach until its propellers churned the sand near the ruined Sedd el Bahr fortress.

Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

The European forts remained silent throughout the bombardment, as the British ships were out of range, but a large magazine explosion in one of the Sedd el Bahr bastions killed five officers and sixty-one men and produced a column of gray smoke that rose an impressive 500 feet in the air.

Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

In the deserted forts of Sedd el Bahr and Kum Kale, nineteen heavy guns were transformed into scrap.

Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

They could see clearly the outer forts of Kum Kale on the Asiatic side and those of Sedd el Bahr on the European side.

Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

Last night when some one shot a dog at Sedd-el-Bahr the French thought the Turks were on them and they opened fire on their own men, several being killed and wounded.

The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" George Davidson

In the afternoon Thomson and I went to Sedd-el-Bahr and photographed the "River Clyde," Major Frankland's grave, the whole of V. Beach, etc., and brought back shell cases of the French 75's and 65's.

The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" George Davidson