The Start from Mudros--Landing at De Tott’s Battery--Seddel Bahr and V Beach--The _River Clyde_--Landing at V Beach--Night there--W Beach or Lancashire Landing--Landing at X Beach--Y2 and Y Beaches--Landing at Y Beach--Its failure--Landing at Anzac--The positions won there--Feint off Bulair--Captain Freyberg’s exploit--French feint at Kum Kali 88 CHAPTER VI THE TEN DAYS AFTER Sir Ian’s decision to hold Anzac--Advance from V Beach--Death of Doughty-Wylie--The French at V Beach--Position of Krithia--Advance of April 28--Turkish attack of May 1--Reinforcements arrive--Position at Anzac--Casualties--Underestimate of wounded--Unhappy results 123 CHAPTER VII THE BATTLES OF MAY State of Constantinople--Our submarines--Sir Ian’s reduced forces--The guns--May 6 at Helles--May 7--May 8--The Australian charge--The 29th Division--Trench warfare--Death of General Bridges at Anzac--May 19 at Anzac--Armistice at Anzac--Loss by hostile submarines--G.H.Q. at Imbros--Hope of Russian aid abandoned--Mr. Churchill and Lord Fisher resign 144 CHAPTER VIII THE BATTLES OF JUNE Situation on Peninsula--June 4 at Helles--French Colonial troops--Arrival of General De Lisle--June 6 to 8 at Helles--Losses--Want of guns--June 28 at Helles--The Gully Ravine--Turkish proclamations--Position at Anzac--June 29 at Anzac--Discouragement--General Gouraud wounded--The war in Poland and Italy 171 CHAPTER IX THE PAUSE IN JULY Local Turkish attacks--Turkish reinforcements--Our attacks of July 12 and 13 at Helles--General Hunter-Weston invalided--General Stopford’s arrival--Description of Helles--Rations--Description of Anzac--The _Aragon_ at Mudros--Arrival of General Altham--The _Saturnia_--Arrival of Colonel Hankey--The monitors, “blister ships,” and “beetles”--The 10th, 11th, and 13th Divisions--The 53rd and 54th Divisions--Total forces in August--New scheme of attack considered 195 CHAPTER X THE VINEYARD, LONE PINE, AND THE NEK Feints and arrangement of forces--August 6 at Helles--August 7 to 13--Fight for the Vineyard--Leane’s trenches at Anzac--Lone Pine--Assault of August 6--Continuous fighting till August 12--Assault on German officers’ trenches--Assault on the Nek, August 7 224 CHAPTER XI SARI BAIR