V-BEACH (MODEL OF THE LANDING)
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As darkness fell on V Beach, men cold lift their heads at last,
and for a time movement was almost unrestricted. The thousand or so men in
River Clyde were landed, and the piteously crying wounded had to wait
until this was accomplished; many crawled to the end of the rock spit which
stretched invitingly towards the collier, and, as Wedgwood bitterly related,
‘there they slowly sank and died’. Soon the moon rose, the firing broke out
again from the sinister blackness of the castle and the village, and
movement ceased.
“Gallipoli”, Robert Rhodes James, p. 128
"The River Clyde at V beach, 25th April 1915 by Charles Dixon", period picture reproduced from a seasons' greetings card by the Gallipoli association.
Arthur Behrend has recorded that when his regiment approached
Sedd-el-Bahr at the beginning of May they passed an improvised hospital ship
leaving the
Peninsula,
‘Our men roared out in unison, “ Are we downhearted?” There was no answer for
a moment, and then a single hoarse croak came across the water, “ You bloody
soon will be!”
“Gallipoli”, Robert Rhodes James, p. 142
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