It was the greatest naval defeat suffered by Ottomans since the Battle of Lepanto (1571)
52 mm x 44
and War Aid Merit Cross (silver
two American sloops pursued British gunboats into the Richelieu River and were forced to surrender after the wind dropped and they were trapped by gunboats and artillery firing from the river banks
was discharged from hospital on the 17th
Canada. An 184Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge GTRexclude It was the greatest navalIn pickled copper, unmarked, measuring 50. 5 mm (w) x 40 mm (h), both lugs intact, greening evident on the obverse, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Southern Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Winnipeg under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 1, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Sharpe with a strength of 32 officers and 1,042 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was