Çanakkale Savaşları'nda Lağım Muharebeleri

Abstract

The mine battles (unground war) which are an old turkish tradition, were an utilized method in Çanakkale land battles. The battles which are stopped due to stiff slopes from first days of land battles, put the front in a situation which are lived barricade campaigns. Therefore both side forces couldn’t step. The attacts caused big battle casualties but they didn’t show big success. It was very important to capture a front or a fortification. For this reason the mine exploding method- in its history was used in sieges of fortress- was used to capture front barricades by turkish troops. First mine at the front was exploded in Bombasrt on 28-29 of may of 1915. From this date both side forces had been frequently in mine activities too. The mine battles which constitute an interesting side of Gallipoli Campaign, gave us traces which are still shown today. In Gallipoli peninsula especially in Boyun Noktas, Krmzsrt, Kanlsrt, Merkeztepe, Cesarettepesi, Kayacka l, S ndere, Kerevizdere and Kitre Deresi finding these traces are possible.

Keywords

• Mining and tunneling
• Gallipoli Campaign
• Bombasrt