The naval bombardment began at 5.15 on 25 April 1915 by the French battleships Jauréguiberry, Henri IV, Jeanne d'arc and the Russian battleship Askold The target of the bombing was the village of Kumkale at [REF].
On the night of six French troop transports, with two destroyers and a torpedo boat, appeared off Besika Bay (now Beşik Bay, Çanakkale), about 10km south of Kumkale.