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Sir, this is a sheeb waste of good men. Joseph
Gasparich, New Zealand soldier Krithia, 8 May 1915 Also on 25 April the
British landed at Cape Helles, the southern point of the Gallipoli peninsula.
This force was to push north to the Kilitbahir plateau. However, determined
Turkish opposisition held the British to a small area at the tip of the
peninsula. In an attempt to break out of to position at Helles, sezie the
village of Krithia and the commanding hill, Achi Baba, a combined assault
by British Australian, New Zealand and French troops was planned to begin
on 6 May. Little initial progres was made and on 8 May the Australians and
New Zealanders were ordered forward.Moving over open and exposed ground
towards Krithia (Alçitepe), the troops found the enemy fire so accurate
and intense that same men raised their shovels in front of their faces to
protect themselves.
However, the Turkish lines were not reached and over 1,000 Australian and
800 New Zealand soldiers were killed or wounded. The Charce of the 2nd Infantry
Brigade (Australian) at Kritbia (dtail) by Charles Wheeler.
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