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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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