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1915

Sackville Hamilton CardenMarch 1915

Dardanelles · Warfare / World War, 1st

Ottoman searchlights illuminate slow trawlers at night, allowing shore batteries to interfere repeatedly with minesweeping.

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Sackville Hamilton Carden

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