. British campaigns in the nearer East, 1914-1918. r and Captain Costeker, his brigade major. Bothwere killed. So far not more than one-half the intended coveringforce had been put ashore, and of those again half hadbecome casualties. Further landing operations herewere in the circumstances not persisted in. Since it would be as difficult and as costly to get themen who had landed embarked again as it had provedto throw them ashore, all that could be done was toprevent the enemy from coming down on to the beachin a counter-attack. That, happily, was feasible,because of the machine-guns mounted
. British campaigns in the nearer East, 1914-1918. r and Captain Costeker, his brigade major. Bothwere killed. So far not more than one-half the intended coveringforce had been put ashore, and of those again half hadbecome casualties. Further landing operations herewere in the circumstances not persisted in. Since it would be as difficult and as costly to get themen who had landed embarked again as it had provedto throw them ashore, all that could be done was toprevent the enemy from coming down on to the beachin a counter-attack. That, happily, was feasible,because of the machine-guns mounted on the deck ofRiver Clyde and protected by sandbags. At nightfallthere was a bright moonlight, but though on that accountthe enemys fire was still formidable, River Clyde wasenabled to discharge the troops remaining aboard. Inthe course of the night several attempts were made toclear the ruined fort of Sedd-el-Bahr, and the outskirtsof the ruined village. They were failures. The menwere fagged out. 80 Main ffoads---=Baa SCALE 0 I MILE /E G E A N. [T; iace page SO. GALLIPOLI: THE LANDING During that night the survivors of this disastrousoperation crouched along the side of the beach underthe shelter of the four-foot escarpment which was theironly cover. They consisted of the remnants of theDublins and the Munsters, and two companies of theHampshires. The latter regiment had lost its com-mandant, Colonel Carrington Smith. Few, in fact, ofthe senior officers of any of these three corps were left,and the command was taken over for the time Doughty-Wyhe, and Wil-liams of the Headquarters Staff, who had landed fromRiver Clyde, and have been mentioned in despatchesfor their conspicuous contempt of danger and theirefforts to keep up the spirits of the men. The story of the disbarkations on Gallipoli is com-pleted by that of the Anzacs. To the number of4,000 the covering troops of the Australian and NewZealand Army Corps left Mudros Bay on the afternoono
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