A ranar 17 ga Fabrairun 1915, wani jirgin ruwa na Biritaniya daga HMS Ark Royal ya yi jigilar leken asiri a kan mashigin ruwa.
[2] Bayan kwana biyu, harin farko da aka kai kan Dardanelles ya fara ne lokacin da wani jirgin ruwa na Anglo-Faransa, ciki har da HMS Sarauniya Elizabeth ta Biritaniya, ta fara wani dogon zango na bama-bamai na batura na makami na bakin tekun Ottoman.Birtaniya sun yi niyyar amfani da jiragen sama takwas daga Ark Royal don gano bam din amma duk sai daya daga cikin wadannan, Short Type 136, ba su da amfani.
[3] Wani lokaci na mummunan yanayi ya jinkirta matakin farko amma a ranar 25 ga Fabrairu an rage katangar waje kuma an share ma'adinan.
[4] Sojojin ruwa na Royal Marines sun sauka don lalata bindigogi a Kum Kale da Seddülbahir, yayin da bama-bamai na sojojin ruwa suka koma batura tsakanin Kum Kale da Kephez.
[4]Cikin takaicin motsin batirin Ottoman, wanda ya kaucewa harin bama-bamai na Allied da kuma barazana ga ma'aikatan hakar ma'adinai da aka aika don share mashigin tekun, Churchill ya fara matsa lamba ga kwamandan sojojin ruwa, Admiral Sackville Carden, don kara kokarin rundunar.
[5] Carden ya tsara sabbin tsare-tsare kuma a ranar 4 ga Maris ya aika da kebul zuwa Churchill, yana mai bayyana cewa rundunar na iya tsammanin isa Istanbul cikin kwanaki 14.
[6] An ƙara fahimtar nasara mai zuwa ta hanyar kutse na saƙon mara waya ta Jamus wanda ya nuna garuwar Dardanelles na Ottoman sun ƙare da harsashi.
[6] Lokacin da aka isar da saƙon zuwa Carden, an yarda cewa za a ƙaddamar da babban harin a ranar 17 ga Maris.Carden, wanda ke fama da damuwa, an sanya shi a cikin jerin marasa lafiya ta hanyar likitancin kuma Admiral John de Robeck ya karbi umarni.
[7]18 Maris 1915A safiyar ranar 18 ga Maris, 1915, jiragen ruwa na Allied, wanda ya ƙunshi jiragen ruwa 18 tare da ɗimbin jiragen ruwa da masu halakarwa, sun fara babban hari a kan mafi ƙanƙantar wurin Dardanelles, inda matsi ke da nisan mil 1 (kilomita 1.6).Duk da wata barnar da aka yi wa jiragen ruwan kawancen da Ottoman ya yi, an ba da umarnin masu aikin hakar ma'adinai a mashigin.A cikin asusun na Ottoman, da karfe 2:00 na rana "An yanke duk wayoyin tarho, an katse duk wata hanyar sadarwa da sansanonin, an harba wasu bindigogi ... a sakamakon harbin manyan bindigogi na tsaron sun yi sanyi sosai".
[8] Jirgin ruwan Faransa Bouvet ya buge wata mahakar ma'adinai, lamarin da ya sa ta kife cikin mintuna biyu, inda mutane 75 suka tsira daga cikin mutane 718.
[9] Ma'aikatan hakar ma'adinai, fararen hula ne, suka ja da baya a karkashin wutar da sojojin Ottoman suka yi, inda suka bar nakiyoyin da yawa.HMS Irresistible da HMS Inflexible sun buge nakiyoyin da ba a iya jurewa ba, tare da ceto yawancin ma'aikatanta da suka tsira;Mai sassauƙa ya lalace sosai kuma an janye shi.An samu rudani a lokacin yakin game da musabbabin barnar;wasu mahalarta suna zargin topedoes.An aika da HMS Ocean don ceto Iresissible amma harsashi ya kashe shi, ya bugi mahakar ma'adinai kuma aka kwashe, daga bisani ya nutse.
[10]Jiragen yakin Faransa Suffren da Gaulois sun bi ta wani sabon layi na ma'adinan da Ottoman Nusret ya ajiye a asirce kwanaki goma kafin su kuma sun lalace.
[11] Asarar da aka yi sun tilasta de Robeck ya yi sautin "tunawa gabaɗaya" don kare abin da ya rage na ƙarfinsa.
[12] A lokacin shirin yaƙin neman zaɓe, an yi hasarar asarar sojojin ruwa kuma an aika da manyan jiragen yaƙi da ba a daɗe ba, waɗanda ba su dace da fuskantar rundunar sojojin Jamus ba.Wasu daga cikin manyan hafsoshin sojan ruwa kamar kwamandan Sarauniya Elizabeth, Commodore Roger Keyes, sun ji cewa sun kusa kaiwa ga nasara, suna ganin cewa bindigogin Ottoman sun kusa karewa harsashi amma ra'ayin de Robeck, the First Sea Lord Jackie Fisher. da sauransu suka yi galaba.Yunkurin da kawancen kasashen ke yi na tilasta mashigin ta hanyar amfani da karfin ruwa ya kawo karshe, saboda asara da rashin kyawun yanayi.
[12 <] > An fara shirin kame kariyar Turkiyya ta ƙasa, don buɗe hanyar jiragen ruwa.Jiragen ruwa biyu na Allied sun yi ƙoƙari su ratsa cikin Dardanelles amma sun ɓace ga ma'adinai da igiyoyi masu ƙarfi.
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