. British campaigns in the nearer East, 1914-1918. danelles, Helles Burnu. Tekke Burnu is 114,Helles Burnu 138 feet high. On what may be calledthe outer side of Tekke Burnu, fronting the sea, is astrip of shore, X Beach, some 600 feet in length, and80 feet in depth on the average, and behind the strip ofbeach a low cliff. Again, between Tekke Burnu andHelles Burnu is another strip (W Beach) rather morethan 1,000 feet in length, and varying in breadth from35 to 120 feet. The depth is greatest in the centre,for at this point there is a break in the cliffs formed bya gully and at the foot of the
. British campaigns in the nearer East, 1914-1918. danelles, Helles Burnu. Tekke Burnu is 114,Helles Burnu 138 feet high. On what may be calledthe outer side of Tekke Burnu, fronting the sea, is astrip of shore, X Beach, some 600 feet in length, and80 feet in depth on the average, and behind the strip ofbeach a low cliff. Again, between Tekke Burnu andHelles Burnu is another strip (W Beach) rather morethan 1,000 feet in length, and varying in breadth from35 to 120 feet. The depth is greatest in the centre,for at this point there is a break in the cliffs formed bya gully and at the foot of the break a small range ofsand dunes. At either end of the beach, where itnarrows, the cliffs become precipitous. Once more onthe farther side of Helles Burnu, facing the Dardanelles,is a third strip of shore (V Beach) also rather more than1,000 feet in length, but narrow and the width, nearlyuniform, not being more than 30 feet. This beach, afine sand, is nearly level. Its background consists ofa depression rising in grass grown and roughly semi- 72. ITo fact page 72. BRITISH CAMPAIGNS IN THE NEARER EAST circular terraces like an amphitheatre, to a height of100 feet. At the foot of the amphitheatre the groundfalls abruptly to the level of the sand, so that, lookedat from the sand, the drop of about four feet in levelgives the beach the appearance of being surrounded bya low wall. The two bluffs with the strip of beach between themand the beach on the outer side of each are the featuresof this part of the coast. Such a position was naturally capable of a strongdefence, but in the absence of a supporting fleet, anddependent only upon land communications, the defencehad a serious weak point. Access to the position couldbe cut off by naval bombardment, were that meansresorted to. Not only could the whole position be plas-tered with heavy shells, it might be effectively mode of attack, however, does not appear to havebeen resorted to. Further, until it had been shown,when
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