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A view of V Beach from the S.S. River Clyde from 'Gallipoli' by John Masefield. V Beach was an Allied landing site at Cape Helles on the end of the Gallipoli Peninsula. On April 25, 1915, the day of the initial invasion, the collier S.S. River Clyde held 2,000 men who were to land on improvised gangways. So many fell to Turkish machine guns that the water was red with blood 50 yards from shore. Text: A view of 'V' Beach take from S.S. 'River Clyde.'

A view of V Beach from the S.S. River Clyde from 'Gallipoli' by John Masefield. V Beach was an Allied landing site at Cape Helles on the end of the Gallipoli Peninsula. On April 25, 1915, the day of the initial invasion, the collier S.S. River Clyde held 2,000 men who were to land on improvised gangways. So many fell to Turkish machine guns that the water was red with blood 50 yards from shore.

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A view of 'V' Beach take from S.S. 'River Clyde.'

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"A view of V Beach from the S.S. River Clyde from 'Gallipoli' by John Masefield. V Beach was an Allied landing site at Cape Helles on the end of the Gallipoli Peninsula. On April 25, 1915, the day of the initial invasion, the collier S.S. River Clyde held 2,000 men who were to land on improvised gangways. So many fell to Turkish machine guns that the water was red with blood 50 yards from shore."

Image Text

A view of 'V' Beach take from S.S. 'River Clyde.'

Image Date

Monday, July 12, 1915

Year

1915

Tags

Gallipoli, John Masefield, Masefield, V Beach, River Clyde, S.S. River Clyde

Page Number

pp. 38, 39