. Nelson's History of the war. ces where troopscould be disembarked. One of these was the variousbeaches round about Sedd-el-Bahr and Cape other was on the G^lf of Saros, near Gaba Tepe,where the sandstone hills leave a narrow space atthe waters edge. Neither was good, and both werebelieved by the Turkish Staff to be wholly im-practicable. Nevertheless they left no stone un-turned in their defence. The mere landing of the Expeditionary Forcewould not efiect much. The hills of the Gallipolipeninsula may be said to form a natural fortressdefending the rear of the Narrows forts. It wil
. Nelson's History of the war. ces where troopscould be disembarked. One of these was the variousbeaches round about Sedd-el-Bahr and Cape other was on the G^lf of Saros, near Gaba Tepe,where the sandstone hills leave a narrow space atthe waters edge. Neither was good, and both werebelieved by the Turkish Staff to be wholly im-practicable. Nevertheless they left no stone un-turned in their defence. The mere landing of the Expeditionary Forcewould not efiect much. The hills of the Gallipolipeninsula may be said to form a natural fortressdefending the rear of the Narrows forts. It willbe seen from the map that behind the point ofKilid Bahr a rocky plateau, which is more than600 feet high, extends inland for some five highest ridge runs up to the summits known tothe Turks as Pasha Dagh. These hills are a salientwith the point towards the Gulf of Saros, and thesides curving back to the Dardanelles above andbelow Kilid Bahr. North the high ground con-tirmes, and is pierced by a pass, through which a.
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