The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war . fting with the current, which were encountered in areas hitherto sweptclear, and this danger will require specialtreatment. The British casualties in personnelare not heavy considering the scale of theoperations; but practically tlie entire crewof the Bouvet were lost with the ship, aninternal explosion apparently having su-pervened on the explosion of the mine. The Queen and the Implacable, whowere dispatched from England to replaceships casualties in anticipation of this op-eration, are due to arrive immediat
The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war . fting with the current, which were encountered in areas hitherto sweptclear, and this danger will require specialtreatment. The British casualties in personnelare not heavy considering the scale of theoperations; but practically tlie entire crewof the Bouvet were lost with the ship, aninternal explosion apparently having su-pervened on the explosion of the mine. The Queen and the Implacable, whowere dispatched from England to replaceships casualties in anticipation of this op-eration, are due to arrive immediately,thus bringing the British fleet up to itsoriginal strength. The operations are continued, amplemilitary and naval forces being availableon the spot. On the 16th, Vice Admiral Garden,who has been incapacitated by illness, wassucceeded in the chief command by RearAdmiral John Michael de Robeck, withacting rank of vice admiral. Sporadic bombardments and minesweeping operations and individual featsof bravery by smaller vessels of the fleetcontinued for a short time, but the con-. Flight of Russians. The camera caught a handful of the thousands as they fled in disorder from the foe. 98 THE PEOPLES WAE BOOK certed naval campaign was admittedly afailure. The government at home beganan inquiry and public criticism while the allied fleets anchored out ofrange of the Turkish forts and continueda desultory bombardment, a pretentiousland expedition, to retrieve the naval dis-aster and to make one more attempt toconquer the Turk, thwart Germanysdrive through the Balkans and to relieveRussia, was undertaken. Under General Ian Hamilton, a greatforce was mobilized in Egypt, consistingin a large part of Australian and NewZealand troops, the famed Anzacs—this name derived from tlie initial letter-ing of their designation, the AustralianNew Zealand Army Corps, GeneralHamilton, with a force of 50,000, amongwhom were some French troops, appearedoff the Gallipoli Peninsula early in A
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