Third attack on Anzac Cove
The third attack on Anzac Cove was an engagement during the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War. The attack was conducted by the forces of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, against the forces of the British Empire defending the cove.
Turkish troops going over the top in an assault on a British trench line in Anzac Cove.
ANZAC beachhead, No.2 Post in the north, Chatham's Post in the south. Turkish trenches are shown by the dotted line.
A typical ANZAC position; this is Steele's Post in May 1915.
Australian troops in their trench, observing the Turkish lines through periscopes, one fixed to a rifle
The landing at Anzac Cove on Sunday, 25 April 1915, also known as the landing at Gaba Tepe and, to the Turks, as the Arıburnu Battle, was part of the amphibious invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula by the forces of the British Empire, which began the land phase of the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War.
North Beach (north of Anzac Cove) looking south, Gallipoli, in 2014
Battleship HMS Irresistible sinking during the attack on the Dardanelles Narrows, 18 March 1915
Initial objectives for the landing shown in red; the dotted green line is what was actually achieved. Darker tones indicate higher ground.
First wave landings. The dotted lines from the red ships indicate the first six companies of the first wave. Those from the orange ships are the second six companies. The solid red lines show the routes taken once ashore.