Lone Pine
The Battle of Lone Pine was one of the most famous assaults of the Gallipoli campaign. The battle began in August 1915 and lasted for three days. The fierce fighting began on the 6 August to 10 August. The British attempted to break the stalemate on the Gallipoli peninsula with a landing of 25 000 British soldiers north of the Anzac position at Suvla Bay. As part of their scheme, the Anzac troops were to deliver attacks on the Turkish refuge at Lone Pine mainly to divert the Turks landing at Suvla Bay. As the sun was setting down on the 6 August, the Anzacs rose from their trenches and charged. They where attempting to take hold of the Turkish line and to draw in the Turkish reserves, as this was a distracting attack to stop attention from Chunuk Bair, the objective of the major assault of the August attacking. The Turkish troops were determined to recollect the important position of Lone Pine. There was continuous attacking with bombs, bayonets and rifles. The Turks were trying to shell the overcrowded Anzac lines just before the charge. Hundreds of aggressive one-on-one battles broke out in the muddle of trenches. Both sides lobbed bombs at each other, which were thrown back and forth until they exploded. The Turkish and Anzac trenches were flooded with dead bodies and wounded soldiers of both sides. The horrific battle ended with failure for both sides, and resulted in a deadlock that continued for the remainder of 1915. The terrible battle was a disaster for the Anzacs, because it was a ‘success’ at the price of 2 300 Anzac troops killed and Turkish causalities numbered over 6 000. Thirty per cent of all the Anzac deaths in the Gallipoli campaign happened in the month of August 1915.
After the battle at Lone Pine, Anzac troops
dug new trenches on the Gallipoli hillside.
After the battle at Lone Pine, Anzac troops
dug new trenches on the Gallipoli hillside.