G00891A Accession Number: G00891A

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Greece. 1915-04-20. Near a fleet of Australian ships off Lemnos Island was the Russian cruiser Askold. A few days later she made a spectacular bombardment of Kum Kale, at the entrance to the Dardanelles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey, where the French landed.

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Accession Number
G00891A
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
20 April 1915
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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