Campaigns of maneuver can be decided by where forces manage to reach even when they contain few major battles. At sea, shore guns and forts cannot control the Dardanelles approaches without a fleet. Seydi Ali Pasha therefore had to preserve his fleet or win decisively, but he achieved neither. His clearest missed opportunity came at Tenedos, where battleships, frigates, sloops, small craft, and troops were all available without producing an overwhelming attack. By failing to exploit that force, the Ottoman command surrendered sea control before the enemy destroyed the whole fleet.
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Sea control makes the Dardanelles a fleet problem
The closing analysis argues that Dardanelles forts cannot control the approaches by themselves, making preservation or decisive use of the Ottoman fleet essential.