Description
Title: The Uncensored Dardanelles
Author: Ashmead-Bartlett, Ellis
Condition: Very Good – 5cm tear to the illustration page at 128. Gift inscription on the half title page and on the back of the first illustration page. Top part of the cover has split at the spine, however the book is still tightly bound. Foxing throughout the book.
Edition: 2nd Edition
Publication Date: 1929
ISBN: N/A
Cover: Hard Cover without Dust Jacket – 287 pages
Comments: ‘Uncensored Dardanelles’ is a collection of memoirs written by Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett during the First World War, and published in 1928.
Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett was one of the first British War correspondents allowed to accompany an expedition to the frontline. On 1 April 1915 he was with the troops who were about to land at Gallipoli. Ashmead-Bartlett became famous for his reporting of the First World War in this area.
This book contains the full account of what Ashmead-Bartlett experienced in the Dardanelles, some of which was previously censored or remained unpublished until now. It includes chapters on the landing at Anzac and Cape Helles, the fight for Achi Baba, the Suvla Bay offensive, the last dying efforts, and ‘an uncensored letter and my dismissal’ … and much more.
A captivating personal account giving a wonderful perspective on the war in the Dardanelles.
