GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN. Autograph manuscript journal of Midshipman T.M. Taylor, H.M.S. Minerva , 3 January - 16 June 1915, describing the Eclipse class cruiser's operations on the Suez Canal Front, with the fleet operating off the Dardanelles, the 'Attack on the Narrows' (18 March), the blockade in the Gulf of Smyrna (April), the trapping of the torpedo boat Demir Hissar following its attack on the troop ship Manitou (16 April) and actions on attachment to the First Battle Squadron of the Gallipoli Fleet, supporting the attack on the southern end of the peninsula, 13 nautical charts and maps in pen and coloured inks tipped in or loosely inserted, including Dahab, the Gulf of Akaba (2), Tor, the Suez Canal (showing the position of allied warships and enemy troops, 4 February), Lemnos Island (Port Mudros), the Gallipoli Pensinsula, 'The Defence of the Dardanelles', 'Chase and Destruction of Turkish Torpedo-Boat "Timur Hissar" [sic] April 16th 1915 after her escape from Smyrna', the Gallipoli Peninsula (Southern Portion), the 'Daily Position of Southern Allied Line', and a drawing of a Sopwith Hydro-Biplane (occasional light spotting), 125 pages, folio , Stationer's Office Journal in regulation cloth, lettering piece 'S. 519 Journal For Use of Junior Officers Afloat' (slight wear).
GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN. Autograph manuscript journal of Midshipman T.M. Taylor, H.M.S. Minerva , 3 January - 16 June 1915, describing the Eclipse class cruiser's operations on the Suez Canal Front, with the fleet operating off the Dardanelles, the 'Attack on the Narrows' (18 March), the blockade in the Gulf of Smyrna (April), the trapping of the torpedo boat Demir Hissar following its attack on the troop ship Manitou (16 April) and actions on attachment to the First Battle Squadron of the Gallipoli Fleet, supporting the attack on the southern end of the peninsula, 13 nautical charts and maps in pen and coloured inks tipped in or loosely inserted, including Dahab, the Gulf of Akaba (2), Tor, the Suez Canal (showing the position of allied warships and enemy troops, 4 February), Lemnos Island (Port Mudros), the Gallipoli Pensinsula, 'The Defence of the Dardanelles', 'Chase and Destruction of Turkish Torpedo-Boat "Timur Hissar" [sic] April 16th 1915 after her escape from Smyrna', the Gallipoli Peninsula (Southern Portion), the 'Daily Position of Southern Allied Line', and a drawing of a Sopwith Hydro-Biplane (occasional light spotting), 125 pages, folio , Stationer's Office Journal in regulation cloth, lettering piece 'S. 519 Journal For Use of Junior Officers Afloat' (slight wear).
GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN. Autograph manuscript journal of Midshipman T.M. Taylor, H.M.S. Minerva , 3 January - 16 June 1915, describing the Eclipse class cruiser's operations on the Suez Canal Front, with the fleet operating off the Dardanelles, the 'Attack on the Narrows' (18 March), the blockade in the Gulf of Smyrna (April), the trapping of the torpedo boat Demir Hissar following its attack on the troop ship Manitou (16 April) and actions on attachment to the First Battle Squadron of the Gallipoli Fleet, supporting the attack on the southern end of the peninsula, 13 nautical charts and maps in pen and coloured inks tipped in or loosely inserted, including Dahab, the Gulf of Akaba (2), Tor, the Suez Canal (showing the position of allied warships and enemy troops, 4 February), Lemnos Island (Port Mudros), the Gallipoli Pensinsula, 'The Defence of the Dardanelles', 'Chase and Destruction of Turkish Torpedo-Boat "Timur Hissar" [sic] April 16th 1915 after her escape from Smyrna', the Gallipoli Peninsula (Southern Portion), the 'Daily Position of Southern Allied Line', and a drawing of a Sopwith Hydro-Biplane (occasional light spotting), 125 pages, folio , Stationer's Office Journal in regulation cloth, lettering piece 'S. 519 Journal For Use of Junior Officers Afloat' (slight wear).
GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN. Autograph manuscript journal of Midshipman T.M. Taylor, H.M.S. Minerva , 3 January - 16 June 1915, describing the Eclipse class cruiser's operations on the Suez Canal Front, with the fleet operating off the Dardanelles, the 'Attack on the Narrows' (18 March), the blockade in the Gulf of Smyrna (April), the trapping of the torpedo boat Demir Hissar following its attack on the troop ship Manitou (16 April) and actions on attachment to the First Battle Squadron of the Gallipoli Fleet, supporting the attack on the southern end of the peninsula, 13 nautical charts and maps in pen and coloured inks tipped in or loosely inserted, including Dahab, the Gulf of Akaba (2), Tor, the Suez Canal (showing the position of allied warships and enemy troops, 4 February), Lemnos Island (Port Mudros), the Gallipoli Pensinsula, 'The Defence of the Dardanelles', 'Chase and Destruction of Turkish Torpedo-Boat "Timur Hissar" [sic] April 16th 1915 after her escape from Smyrna', the Gallipoli Peninsula (Southern Portion), the 'Daily Position of Southern Allied Line', and a drawing of a Sopwith Hydro-Biplane (occasional light spotting), 125 pages, folio , Stationer's Office Journal in regulation cloth, lettering piece 'S. 519 Journal For Use of Junior Officers Afloat' (slight wear).
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