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1915, Aegean Sea, Belgium, communications, Dardanelles, Hill 60, HMS E15, Kepez, Kephez, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Navy, prisoners of war, railway, Royal Navy, SS Manitou, submarine, torpedo-boat, Turkey, Ypres
British submarine E 15, while attempting a reconnaissance of the Kephez minefield in the Dardanelles, runs ashore near Kephez Point. The crew are rescued and made prisoners. The transport Manitou, carrying British troops, is attacked by Turkish torpedo-boat in the Aegean. The torpedo-boat, chased by a British cruiser and destroyers, is run ashore. S.E. of Ypres the British explode a mine under Hill 60 on the Ypres-Comines Railway, and take the hill.
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