V Beach, Sedd el Bahr, Cape Helles, Gallipoli. Here on 25 April 1915 the sea ran red with blood.
When British troops invaded the Gallipoli Peninsula on April 25 1915, the main landings were made at 'V' Beach, beneath the old Seddülbahir fortress, and at 'W' Beach, a short distance to the west on the other side of the Helles headland. At 'V' Beach, the covering force from the Royal Munster Fusiliers and Hampshires landed from a converted collier, SS River Clyde, which was run aground beneath the fortress so that the troops could disembark via ramps to the shore. The Royal Dublin Fusiliers landed from open boats. The Ottoman defenders occupied good defensive positions and inflicted many casualties on the British infantry as they landed. Troops emerging one-by-one from sally ports on the River Clyde were shot by machine gunners at the Seddülbahir fort. Of the first 200 soldiers to disembark, only 21 men reached the beach. The battalions which landed here all suffered about 70% casualties Source: Wikipedia
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Location: "V Beach", Sedd el Bahr, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey
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