The French contributed 79,000 men to the campaign with a significant number of them being colonial troops from Senegal and Algeria who get very little mention. From memory, the French force was initially landed on the Asiatic side of the straits before being withdrawn and re-deployed on the peninsula.
And yes, at the tip of the peninsular the British troops were slaughtered as they tried to come ashore from the River Clyde that had sally ports cut in the bow and was deliberately run into the beach. I've stood where this happened and the beach is like the focal point of a large ampitheatre with the Turks on the high ground unable to be reached and with magnificent fields of fire. It was far worse than the Anzacs faced on the day. If it hadn't been for a slight shelving of the beach the devastation would have been total.
David
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Hell no! I'm not that old!
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