Battle of Sari Bair
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The Battle of Sari Bair, also known as the August Offensive, represented the final attempt made by the British in August 1915 to seize control of the Gallipoli peninsula from the Ottoman Empire during
Southern Trench in Lone Pine, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915
Battle of Lone Pine
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The Battle of Lone Pine, also known as the Battle of Bloody Ridge, was fought between Australian and New Zealand Army Corps and Ottoman Empire forces during the Gallipoli campaign of the First World W
Battle of Sari Bair
…objectives were expected to be captured by dawn. To distract the Ottomans from the impending offensive, on 6 August, at 5.30 p.m., an attack was made at Lone Pine by the infantry brigades of the Australian 1st Division. While the attack was ultimately successful in capturing the Ottoman trenches, it was…
Detail from The Taking of Lone Pine by Fred Leist, 1921
Australian troops in a captured Ottoman trench at Lone Pine, 6 August 1915
A captured Ottoman trench at Lone Pine
The cemetery at Lone Pine