THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN – The East Yorkshire’s fight at Tekke Teppe.  The Gallipoli Peninsula runs in a south-westerly direction into the Aegean Sea between the Hellesport (now known as the Dardanelles) and the bay of Melas, which today is known as Saros Bay. At the time of the First World War, this narrow sea strait was a direct route to the Russian Empire, but was controlled by … Continue reading Gallipoli, Turkey, 1915