1853
Dardanelles Fleet
Commands French naval forces cooperating with Britain near the Ottoman Straits.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Dardanelles in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Commands French naval forces cooperating with Britain near the Ottoman Straits.
Guepratte leads French warships in the opening Allied bombardment of the Dardanelles forts.
Guepratte's ships move closer to Ottoman positions as the outer forts are suppressed.
Guepratte's force suffers the sudden loss of Bouvet after the battleship strikes a mine.
Guepratte leads the French battleship division into the central phase of the 18 March naval assault.
Guepratte takes the French battleship division into the straits behind the first British line.
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