The British official historian reported that 90,000 British Empire soldiers[230] were evacuated for illness during the campaign. The troops of the 29th Division were still exhausted and unnerved by the battles for the beaches and for Seddülbahir village, which was captured after much fighting on 26 April. Read more about the Gallipoli invasion. The attackers came under massed small-arms fire from their exposed left flank and were repulsed, having suffered about 1,000 casualties. [29], On 17 February 1915, a British seaplane from HMS Ark Royal flew a reconnaissance sortie over the Straits.
[245] For many of those killed or died on hospital ships and were buried at sea, there is no known grave; their names are recorded on one of five "memorials to the missing". French troops were to capture Kereves Dere and the British, Australians and New Zealanders were assigned Krithia and Achi Baba. [148] Both sides had been reinforced, the original five Allied divisions having been increased to fifteen and first six Ottoman divisions to sixteen. Because of navigational errors the Anzacs landed about 2 km north of the intended site. [40] The losses forced de Robeck to sound the "general recall" to protect what remained of his force. [98], The main landings were made at 'V' Beach, beneath the old Seddülbahir fortress and at 'W' Beach, a short distance to the west on the other side of the Helles headland. By evening, Bridges and Godley recommended re-embarkation; Birdwood agreed but after advice from the navy that re-embarkation was impossible, Hamilton ordered the troops dig-in instead. By the time the New Zealanders returned to Anzac in November, the future of the campaign had been determined.
Dardanelles Campaign: March 1915 . Read more about the Sari Bair offensive. In September, the Australians made their first opposed amphibious landing since Gallipoli at the Battle of Finschhafen in New Guinea. The material on this site can not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with prior written permission of Multiply. The Ottoman hero of Gallipoli, Mustafa Kemal, would eventually become, as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founding President of the Turkish Republic. [36], On 18 March 1915, the Allied fleet, comprising 18 battleships with an array of cruisers and destroyers began the main attack against the narrowest point of the Dardanelles, where the straits are 1 mile (1.6 km) wide. [74] Kemal, whose 19th Division was vital to the defensive scheme, observed the beaches and awaited signs of an invasion from his post at Boghali, near Maidos. This was the limit of the Allied advance; an Ottoman counter-attack forced the troops who had relieved the New Zealanders off Chunuk Bair, while the British failed to make any progress inland from Suvla. [145][146][147], The failure of the Allies to capture Krithia or make any progress on the Helles front led Hamilton to form a new plan to secure the Sari Bair Range of hills at the Battle of Sari Bair and capture high ground on Hill 971 in the Battle of Chunuk Bair. Answer to: What were the goals of the Allies in the Gallipoli Campaign? [200] In Mesopotamia, the Turks surrounded a British expedition at Kut Al Amara, forcing their surrender in April 1916. The song has been praised for its imagery, evoking the devastation at the Gallipoli landings.