"B Beach" (1915)

Turkey / Canakkale / Eceabat /
 beach, place with historical importance, First World War 1914-1918
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The 32nd and 33rd Brigades of the 11th Division began to come ashore at "B Beach" south of Nibrunesi Point shortly before 10 pm. In the first action fought by a New Army unit, two companies from the 6th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, drove the Ottoman defenders off the small hillock of Lala Baba which overlooked the beach. It was an inauspicious start; all but two of the Yorkshires' officers became casualties as did one third of the men.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_at_Suvla_Bay
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Coordinates:   40°15'45"N   26°16'2"E
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