02841nam 2200589 450 991046347000332120200520144314.00-7198-1795-1(CKB)2670000000615779(EBL)1990536(OCoLC)908993669(SSID)ssj0001536922(PQKBManifestationID)11952791(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001536922(PQKBWorkID)11513114(PQKB)11104527(MiAaPQ)EBC1990536(Au-PeEL)EBL1990536(CaPaEBR)ebr11067168(CaONFJC)MIL783769(EXLCZ)99267000000061577920150703h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGallipoli a soldier's story /Arthur Beecroft ; foreword by Andrew RobertsLondon, [England] :Robert Hale,2015.©20151 online resource (177 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7198-1793-5 0-7198-1654-8 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Title Page; Epigraph; Contents; Map of Suvla Bay area (August 1915); Foreword by Andrew Roberts; Preface; Introduction: The Reason Why; An Apology; 1: Training; 2: With the Division; 3: To an Unknown Destination; 4: Final Preparations; 5: The Landing at Suvla Bay; 6: The Dawn; 7: The Eighth of August; 8: On Snipers; 9: The Ninth and Tenth; 10: Out of the Line; Afterword: Some Psychological Aspects of War; Timeline of Key Events of the Gallipoli Campaign; Major Players; Glossary; Bibliography; Copyright<div>At the start of the First World War, Arthur Beecroft was a recently qualified barrister in his twenties. Determined to enlist despite a medical condition, he volunteered for military service, first as a regular soldier, then as a despatch rider. Offered a commission in the Royal Engineers, in 1915 he saw action at Gallipoli. Now a byword for catastrophic military disaster, the Gallipoli Campaign was the ill-conceived Allied invasion of the Dardanelles. The campaign stalled almost immediately, resulting in over half a million casualties on both sides. Lucky to survive, several years later World War, 1914-1918CampaignsTurkeyGallipoli PeninsulaWorld War, 1914-1918Personal narratives, BritishElectronic books.World War, 1914-1918CampaignsWorld War, 1914-1918940.426092Beecroft Arthur952578Roberts AndrewMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463470003321Gallipoli2153477UNINA