Turkish position, Gallipoli

Depicts a panoramic landscape view of the Turkish position at Gallipoli. It is a skilful depiction of the difficult terrain that the troops faced trying to secure the Gallipoli peninsula. This work shows the road to Maidos, Camel Hill and Wine Glass Ridge. This work was drawn in May and a few weeks later the visible ridges in the work were a mass of Turkish earthworks. Horace Moore-Jones was born in England and in 1914 joined the British section of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces, serving in Egypt and Gallipoli with the New Zealand engineers. Attached to General Birdwood's headquarters staff, Moore-Jones made topographical sketches of the coast and Turkish positions, his illustrations of Gallipoli being reproduced in the 'Illustrated London News'. In December 1915 he was invalided back to England and in 1916 he exhibited his Gallipoli sketches in London.