Some British vessels carried out a brief bombardment of the Ottoman batteries at the mouth of the Dardanelles on Nov.
The Sultan's forces guarding the Straits were not yet at the end of Nov.
The naval authorities had been busy assembling and organizing the available small craft in anticipation of the operation that appeared to be imminent, and jetties damaged in the Nov.
They were by this procedure, moreover, directly violating the terms of the Armistice concluded with the Entente Powers on Nov.
An armistice was concluded with effect from Nov.
