"One of the French Foreign Legion's Finest- A Kiwi" Topic
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Tango01 | 28 Apr 2018 9:11 p.m. PST |
"Sedd-el-Bahr was an old Ottoman Fort, located at the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula. In the lead up to the Gallipoli Landings, the Fort was a Turkish strong point and an easily identifiable target for bombardment by British and French warships. The Fort was located at one end of V Beach one of the British landing sites on 25 April 1915. It was on this beach that the collier SS River Clyde grounded almost directly beneath what remained of Sedd-el-Bahr and became the site where four Victoria Crosses were won by British sailors and soldiers during the first morning of the landings. It was the aftermath of this scene that greeted a 41 year old Kiwi, Captain James Waddell of the French Foreign Legion as he came ashore alongside the River Clyde on 26 May 1915. This was the start of his war. Over the next three and half years he was to become one of France's most decorated soldiers and one of its finer battalion commanders who survived. Yet, despite his exploits in the ravines of Gallipoli and the desolation of the fields of the Somme, Champagne, Verdun and the Marne, his story has remained largely unknown…." Main page link Amicalement Armand |
Richard Baber | 29 Apr 2018 11:24 a.m. PST |
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Tango01 | 30 Apr 2018 11:08 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement Armand |
Legion 4 | 30 Apr 2018 2:48 p.m. PST |
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Tango01 | 01 May 2018 10:45 a.m. PST |
Glad you like it too my good friend!. Amicalement Armand |
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