After this salutary lesson the Turks at Alexandretta did not seek any further encounters with the sailors of allied war vessels.
A branch line connects with the Mediterranean at Alexandretta.
The favourite notion was that we were going to do another Gallipoli landing, behind Alexandretta.
In modern times, the most noted were the pigeons of Aleppo, which served as couriers at Alexandretta and Bagdad.
Besika Bay and Alexandretta were, therefore, taboo—not to be touched!
