A view at Knife Edge - Pine Ridge (Turkish Trenches) through a loophole. The Valley of Despair lies between the two ridges & is shown in the foreground, 1915
Item — Box: YMS MS 15488 BOX 23
Identifier(s): MS15488/4/63
Dates
- 1915
Extent
1 photograph
General note
Title from inscription by Walter Cass on back. The Knife Edge was one of the most distinctive landmarks at Gallipoli and faced towards the sea. It was known to the troops during World War I by various other names including the Sphinx and the Cathedral before it was entered on a map as the Sphinx.
- Box: YMS MS 15488 BOX 23 (Graphic materials)
Repository details
Part of the Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria Repository
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