25 April 1915, dawn
Anzac Cove: the landing at dawn
At about 4.30 on 25 April the first companies of the 3rd Australian Brigade come ashore at Anzac Cove, about 1.5 km north of the beach that the plan intended. Instead of open ground they face cliffs and ridges up to 90 m high, held by one platoon of the 2nd Battalion of the 27th Regiment. They climb to Plugge's Plateau and push inland towards the second ridge.
Boats of the 6th and 7th Battalions leave the beach at Anzac Cove at sunrise, 25 April 1915, with the heights of Chunuk Bair beyondWikimedia Commons, Australian War Memorial collection, No restrictions (The landing at Anzac, 25 April 1915 (3461450491).jpg)
The second wave lands while it is still dark and extends the beachhead along the shore. By 8.00 the Australians hold the second ridge from Russell's Top to the 400 Plateau, and small parties reach Baby 700. At 5.45 Lieutenant Colonel Mehmet Şefik receives orders to march two battalions of the 27th Regiment from Eceabat to the coast.
Sources
- C. E. W. Bean, The Story of Anzac, volume 1 (1921).
- Andrew Mango, Atatürk (1999).
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