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AUSTIN, RFD,ED RONALD J The White Gurkhas. The Australians at the Second Battle of Krithia, Gallipoli.
R.J. & S.P. Austin. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0731653238) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The story of Australian participation in the Second Battle of Krithia in Gallipoli in May 1915. 3,000 Victorian soldiers from the 5th, 6th, 7th, & 8th Australian Infantry Battalions of the 2nd Australian Infantry Brigade, AIF, made their heroic charge into Turkish and German machine-guns. For this action they earned the nickname "The White Gurkhas" from their fellow Allied troops. Contents: Acknowledgements. Foreword by Maj-Gen R.R. Gordon, AM, CBE, DSO, ED. Introduction. Chapter 1: The Chain of Folly. 2: 'The Army Ought to See the Business Through'. 3: The Landings. 4: Krithia-The First Act. 5: The Second Act Begins. 6: 'No Losses With Stop You'. 7: Central Spur. 8: 'Have You Forgotten Me Cobbers?' 9: 'The White Gurkhas' Appendix A: Turkish Fifth Army Order of Battle. B: British Order of Battle for 6th May, 1915. Bibliography. Maps. Index. xiii + 156pp. Illustrated with b/w photographs, portraits, topographical and battle scenes, maps & plans, chapter notes, etc. Original red cloth covered boards with white lettering to spine. Original pictorial dust-jacket. Fine/Fine.
Offered for GBP 22.00 = appr. US$ 43.78 by: Addison Phillips - Book number: 001543