Hell & confusion at Gallipoli
Image: damage to the wardroom of HMS Agamemnon inflicted by Ottoman guns at the Dardanelles. (Author’s collection)
Little Gully proudly presents Alive with death (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre), the inaugural volume of a ground-breaking history of the Gallipoli Campaign, narrated day by day through the voices of those who experienced it first hand.
LEMNOS, 24 APRIL 1915
“I am writing in the twilight, and a keen chill wind is making this exposed seat on the boat deck a little too uncomfortable… In a few hours we shall be fighting a more tangible foe than ill-health. Let us hope our luck will hold good on the peninsula of Gallipoli… For the rest one must take his chance, while doing his little bit.”
— Pte James Carrington, 11th Battalion, AIF, HMAT Suffolk.
Was the expedition a flash of strategic genius, a worthwhile gamble or did ‘criminal idiots attempt the impossible’?
Author Jim Grundy gets you right inside the dramatic events.
Gain a new perspective on the Gallipoli Campaign as you watch the story unfold with each passing day.
A wonderful kaleidoscopic picture emerges, says historian Peter Hart.
This brilliant new book on the Gallipoli campaign expands our horizons as it explores the origins of the campaign reaching right back to Duckworth’s abortive mission through the Dardanelles in 1807.
“You cannot help but be drawn in,” says Peter.
“Grundy’s diligent research scouring local newspapers and archives has uncovered many accounts that flesh out the story, reaching into nooks and crannies omitted in previous books. It is a tremendous tribute to the men on all sides who fought so hard at Gallipoli.”
Image: Lt-Cdr Josiah Wedgwood’s letter describing the scene on V Beach. (Author’s collection)
V BEACH, HELLES, 27 APRIL 1915
“I remarked… ‘You seem to have had a pretty thick time.’ He answered not a word. He only looked at me. It was enough. I shall remember that look while I live. There were words, and more than words, in his eyes. They seemed to say, ‘I’d far rather suffer the tortures of the damned than go through that again.’ I turned and went away quietly, rather sheepishly.”
— Capt. Albert Mure, 1/5th Bn Royal Scots.
The first volume of ‘Hell and confusion: Gallipoli day by day’ is titled Alive with death: August 1914 – April 1915 (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre).
The paperback (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre) and ebook (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre) is available now from Amazon worldwide.
Read more at littlegully.com (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre).
