The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 546
... Force to embark was not , therefore , a force altogether untrained or inexperienced in warfare . Australia's first offer in 1914 was to hand over to the British Govern- ment unconditionally the ships and men of the new navy and to ...
... Force to embark was not , therefore , a force altogether untrained or inexperienced in warfare . Australia's first offer in 1914 was to hand over to the British Govern- ment unconditionally the ships and men of the new navy and to ...
Page 554
... forces again attempted to advance . But they were firmly held . After weeks of relative quiet and uncertainty , the decision to evacuate the peninsula was resolved upon.1 General Birdwood was temporarily in command of the whole British ...
... forces again attempted to advance . But they were firmly held . After weeks of relative quiet and uncertainty , the decision to evacuate the peninsula was resolved upon.1 General Birdwood was temporarily in command of the whole British ...
Page 563
... forces . Under the command of the German officer , Kress von Kressenstein , about 16,000 Turks had crossed the 60 miles of desert from El Arish with the object of destroying the British force at Romani and seizing the Canal . The ...
... forces . Under the command of the German officer , Kress von Kressenstein , about 16,000 Turks had crossed the 60 miles of desert from El Arish with the object of destroying the British force at Romani and seizing the Canal . The ...
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