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Turkey & Germanys Allies
Turkey (Ottoman Empire) signed a secret treaty with Germany (German Empire) against Russia (Russian Empire). -
British attacking German Empire and Allies
British Empire and Dominions declared war on the German Empire and its allies. -
British vs Turkey
The British withdrew their naval mission from Turkey. -
Turkey Bombared Russia
A Turkish fleet bombarded the Russian Black Sea ports of Odessa, Sebastapol and Feodosia. -
British resume Bombaredment
British navy resumed bombardment of outer forts with more success. -
British and French Attack
Eighteen British and French battleships, guarded by other warships, attacked the Dardanelles forts. -
Submarines
The British submarine E15 was driven ashore by a strong current while trying to pass through the Dardanelles. A Turkish shell penetrated her conning tower, killing the captain and six of the crew. On 19 April, a small British picket boat torpedoed and destroyed the E15. -
200 Ships made
More than 200 ships were assembled in the harbour at Mudros, Lemnos, in preparation for the British and French invasion of Turkey. -
French & Turks Death's
At Helles, French forces launched an attack on the Turks at Haricot Redoubt and Kereves Dere. The French, for little progress, suffered more than 2,500 casualties and the Turks lost more than 6,000 killed and wounded. -
More allies with the Germans
The Kingdom of Bulgaria entered the war as an ally of Germany, Austro-Hungary and Turkey. This made it likely that the Turks on Gallipoli would be able to receive reinforcements from Germany along the Berlin to Constantinople railway. -
More Deaths
On 27 and 28 November, severe rain and thunderstorms, which turned into blizzards, hit Gallipoli. More than 280 men died and there were 16,000 cases of frostbite and exposure. -
Evacuate Helles
The British Government ordered the evacuation of Helles. -
French leave Helles
On 2 and 3 January French forces were evacuated from Helles. -
All thats left at the Helles
On the night of 8–9 January, 17,000 British soldiers were evacuated from Helles, bringing the three-week evacuation, and the Gallipoli campaign, to a close. In just over a week, 35,000 soldiers, 3,689 horses and mules, 127 guns, 328 vehicles, and 1,600 tons of stores had been taken off Helles. Approximately 508 horses and mules were slaughtered or left behind -
End of Gallipoli
Turkish newspapers reported that ‘the whole of the Gallipoli Peninsula is now free from the enemy. They are driven out of Sedduülbahir (Sed-el - Bahr)’.
