Gallipoli Sniper: The Life of Billy Sing

South Yorskhire: Frontline, 2015. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Fine(-) to near fine in slightly edge-worn very good jacket with a few closed tears, now in archival mylar.. Small quarto; xi, 340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, maps; 24 cm; bibliographical references (pages 308-322) and index. "The Anzac battlefield on Gallipoli was made for snipers. Scrub, cliffs, spurs and hills meant that both Anzac and Turkish positions often overlooked one another. The unwary or unlucky were prey to snipers on both sides, and the sudden crack of a gunshot and instant death were an ever-present menace."--Publisher ¶ Contents: Ch. 1 Yellow canary -- Ch. 2 Sound the trumpet, beat the drum -- Ch. 3 Prepare for War -- Ch. 4 Mounting up -- Ch. 5 Boots and saddles -- Ch. 6 Salt and sand -- Ch. 7 Snipers rule -- Ch. 8 Hunting the hunters -- Ch. 9 Chatham's Post -- Ch. 10 Midgley's Myrmidons -- ch. 11 Shooting the illegitimates -- Ch. 12 Abdul the Terrible -- Ch. 13 Getting out. ¶  Sniping (Military science) Snipers -- Australia -- Biography. Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 -- Campagnes et batailles -- Turquie -- Gallipoli, Péninsule de. Tir d'embuscade. Tireurs isolés -- Australie -- Biographies. Military campaigns. Snipers. Sniping (Military science) Scharfschütze Named Person: Sing, Billy, 1886-1943. Sing, Billy, 1886-1943. Named Corp: Australia. Australian Army -- Biography. Australia. Australian Army. Australien Light Horse Regiment 5 Military history. Time: 1914-1918 Geographic: Gallipoli Peninsula (Turkey) -- History, Military. Gallipoli, Péninsule de (Turquie) -- Histoire militaire. Australia. Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula. Halbinsel Gelibolu -- Schlacht.