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 B
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
Mehmet Esat Bülkat was a Turkish or Albanian officer of the Ottoman Army who fought during the First Balkan War, where he led the Yanya Corps, and in World War I, where he served as a senior commander
Third attack on Anzac Cove
…that the Turkish snipers' "marksmanship was generally superior" to that of the Allies. The assault was under the direct command of Major-General Essad Pasha. The plan was to gather the assault force secretly behind the Turkish lines on 18 May. Then at 03:30 19 May, while it was still dark, the Turkish forces…
Mehmed Esad Pasha in 1915
Esat Pasha delivering orders to the batteries at Anzac Cove
Mehmed Esad Pasha and his men. From left to right: Sitting: Major Haydar Bey, Major Mehmed Hulusi Bey, Yüzbaşı Mehmet Nâzım Bey (Chief of Staff 16th Division), unknown, First row: Colonel Rushidi Bey (commander of 16th Division, Colonel Mustafa Kemal Bey (commander of 19th Division), General Esad Pasha, Middle row: Kaymakam Wilhelm Willmer (commander of Anafaralar region, unknown German officer, Colonel Hans Kannengiesser, Back row: Major Ohrili Kemal Bey (Chief of Operations, III Corps), Kaymakam Fahreddin Bey (Chief of Staff, III Corps), Major