 "Euryalus" and "Bacchante" were transferred to Egypt in late January 1915 to reinforce the defences of the Suez Canal, although the Turkish raid on the Suez Canal had already been repulsed by the time that they arrived in February.Upon arrival Rear-Admiral Richard Peirse, commander of the East Indies Station, hoisted his flag in "Euryalus".By this time the preliminary bombardments of the Turkish defences of the Dardanelles had already occurred, and the sisters were transferred north in March as the Turks east of the Canal proved to be reasonably quiet.