From 11 April, an Ottoman aircraft made frequent flights over Mudros, keeping watch on the assembly of the British naval force and an airfield was established near Gallipoli.[61][80][32] Landing at Gallipoli, April 1915 The Allies planned to land and secure the northern shore, capture the Ottoman forts and artillery batteries for a naval force to advance through the Narrows and the Sea of Marmara towards Istanbul.[81] Scheduled for 23 April but postponed until 25 April due to bad weather, landings were to be made at five beaches on the peninsula.[82] The 29th Division was to land at Helles on the tip of the peninsula and then advance upon the forts at Kilitbahir. The William türkiye giriş hill ANZACs, with the 3rd Australian Infantry Brigade spearheading the assault, were to land north of Gaba Tepe on the Aegean coast, from where they could advance across the peninsula, cut off the Ottoman troops in Kilitbahir and stop reinforcements from reaching Cape Helles.[83][84] This sector of the Gallipoli Peninsula became known as ANZAC; the area held by the British and French became known as the Helles sector or Helles. William Hill william hill türkiye giriş Türkiye, spor bahisleri tutkunları için geniş yelpazede seçenekler sunan köklü ve güvenilir bir platformdur. Futbol, basketbol, tenis ve daha birçok popüler spor dalında bahis yapabilirsiniz. Platformda yer alan kapsamlı spor kitapçığı, hemen hemen tüm büyük lig ve turnuvaları kapsamaktadır. Ayrıca, William Hill Türkiye, canlı bahis seçenekleriyle heyecanı bir üst seviyeye taşır. The war of manoeuvre had evolved into trench warfare.[24] The German Empire and Austria-Hungary closed the overland trade routes between Britain and France in the west and Russia in the east. The White Sea in the Arctic and the Sea of Okhotsk in the Far East were icebound in winter and distant from the Eastern Front; the Baltic Sea was blockaded by the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) and the entrance to the Black Sea through the Dardanelles was controlled by the Ottoman Empire.[25] While the Ottomans remained neutral, supplies could be sent to Russia through the Dardanelles but prior to the Ottoman entry into the war, the straits had been closed; in November the Ottomans began to mine the waterway.[26][27] Sea access to Russia through the Dardanelles (in yellow) The French politician, Aristide Briand, proposed in November to attack the Ottoman Empire but this was rejected and an attempt by the British to bribe the Ottomans to join the Entente side also failed.[28] Later that month, Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, proposed a naval attack on the Dardanelles, based in part on erroneous reports of Ottoman troop strength. Churchill wanted to use a large number of obsolete battleships, which could not operate against the German High Seas Fleet, in a Dardanelles operation, with a small occupation force provided by the army. It was hoped that an attack on the Ottomans would also draw Bulgaria and Greece into the war on the Entente side.[29] On 2 January 1915, Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia appealed to Britain for assistance against the Ottomans, who were campaigning in the Caucasus.[30] Planning began for a naval demonstration in the Dardanelles, to divert Ottoman troops from Caucasia.[31] Graphic map of the Dardanelles and Gallipoli, showing the Entente bridgeheads at Cape Helles and ANZAC Cove before the Suvla Bay landing. On 17 February 1915, a British seaplane from HMS Ark Royal flew a reconnaissance sortie over the Straits.[32] Two days later, the first attack on the Dardanelles began when an Anglo-French flotilla, including the British dreadnought HMS Queen Elizabeth, began a long-range bombardment of Ottoman coastal artillery batteries.