. British campaigns in the nearer East, 1914-1918. ome 1,200 yards of hostile trencheson the British right and right-centre—the wrong pointagain. It was delivered at daybreak ( ) andby part of the 29th Division and the 42nd enemy was encountered in superior force. Despiteits signal bravery the assault failed. On the following morning (August 7) the Turkscounter-attacked, but on their side also achieved nosuccess. The same afternoon the British offensive wasresumed, this time in the centre of the line againstTurkish defences between the Mallepe Dere and theKanli Dere. The h
. British campaigns in the nearer East, 1914-1918. ome 1,200 yards of hostile trencheson the British right and right-centre—the wrong pointagain. It was delivered at daybreak ( ) andby part of the 29th Division and the 42nd enemy was encountered in superior force. Despiteits signal bravery the assault failed. On the following morning (August 7) the Turkscounter-attacked, but on their side also achieved nosuccess. The same afternoon the British offensive wasresumed, this time in the centre of the line againstTurkish defences between the Mallepe Dere and theKanli Dere. The hottest of the fighting was in andaround a vineyard just west of the Krithia road. TheICast Lancashires had captured this position in the firstrush, and held on to it notwithstanding counter-attackswhich followed one another at brief intervals. Up anddown the enclosure over a length of not more than 600feet the struggle swayed. One Turkish column afteranother came on, pressed back the East Lancashiremen by weight of numbers, melted away, and 180. SCALE r MIL£ New British Front on morning of Arrows show points of attack Route of left attacking column •? right COPVRIGHT GE06RAPHIA LP bbFL^TSTRLtlLOfiOQNCci.[To face page 180. GALLIPOLI: THE CHANGE OF PLANS were chased out. The ranks of the Fusiliers, too, werethinned, and the enemy, determined to oust them,threw forward a column double the depth of those sofar thrown forward. But that also was the night the vineyard remained in the handsof these dauntless British troops. On the morning ofAugust 8 the enemy came on once more. Once morehe was beaten. He tried again at night, and he failedagain. It was a desperate encounter, bayonet againstbayonet, and the Turk went down. On August 9,after forty-eight hours fighting, the East Lancashireswere relieved. The position remained part of theBritish line. These comparatively limited attacks upon the frontbefore Achi Baba had kept the enemy there occupied,but it
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