When war broke out the position of Turkey was an uncertain one, but
she eventually fell a victim to German machinations and threw in her
lot with the Kaiser. In the early days she gave shelter to the runaway
German cruisers, the Goeben and the Breslau--and later both these
vessels were used to bombard Sebastopol and Theodosia. The campaign
against Turkey was in three sections--the attack on the Dardanelles,
the expedition to Mesopotamia, and the preservation of Egypt and the
advance through Palestine. Although the Dardanelles attack was not
successful and we had a set-back at Kut, the British forces eventually
broke the Turkish power in Mesopotamia and Palestine, and on October
30th, 1918, the Turks were granted an armistice.