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The storm damaged Watson’s Pier, Gallipoli. CEW Bean, 18 November 1915. Image courtesy Australian War Memorial.

The storm damaged Watson’s Pier, Gallipoli. CEW Bean, 18 November 1915. Image courtesy Australian War Memorial.

  • Troops on the Gallipoli peninsula mop up after severe storms. CEW Bean writes:

After the storm of 17 November, Watson’s Pier had to be repaired, but it was never again thoroughly completed. The Turks knew the work was going on, and from this time onward practically shelled us off Anzac beach.