Turkish Forts in Ruins. Attack on Strategic Straits To ‘Knock Turkey Out of War.’ Special to The Great War Project. (19-21 February) British warships are bombarding the ancient forts in the Dardanelles in western Turkey. The British bombardment is successful. It reduces two forts there to rubble. The Dardanelles is a very narrow strait that…
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GERMAN NAVY SHELLS BRITISH SEASIDE RESORT
by Mike Shuster
British Allow Bombardment in Bid to Sink German Ships Special to The Great War Project (15-16 December) German warships are bombarding the British coast this day a century ago at the Yorkshire seaside resort of Scarborough, in the first German naval bombardment of civilian targets. Many of the residents and visitors to Scarborough are “elderly…