Tijani could hardly believe that Shire was serious; he thought Shire was joking, but Shire was earnest.
The landing operation required the Marine Corps.
However, at this time, there was no concept of a "Marine Corps." Even the British Navy, which had been using warships to seize colonies around the world, did not have such a concept.
The Royal Navy had the "Royal Navy Division," and the 29th Division, currently fighting in the Dardanelles Strait, was one of them.
But the "Royal Navy Division" was not an independent branch, nor was it an independent unit. It was an army attached to the navy. The navy would use naval guns to subdue the enemy, and the "Royal Navy Division" would then row ashore to occupy the targets.
They would "go ashore" rather than "land."
The British believed that as long as the enemy had armed forces on the coast, they could solve it with naval guns.
