Allied warships tried to force passage through the Dardanelles during the #BattleOfGallipoli, and on #ThisDayInHistory in 1915 lost three #battleships to #Ottoman naval mines and gunfire. Land attacks to make future naval action easier also resulted in clear Ottoman victories.

New public holiday teased for eight million people poised to get extra day off work

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