Gaba Tepe Landing

In World War I, unsuccessful Australian operation at Gallipoli April-August 1915. On 24 April the Anzac corps landed at ‘Z Beach’, about 3 km/2 mi north of Gaba Tepe, a strategic hill held by the Turks. This beachhead was enlarged, but no further progress was made and the surviving force was evacuated from Suvla Bay 20 December 1915.

The first wave drove the Turks from the immediate area of the beach, allowing further Anzac troops to land. This force then moved through broken country until it established a line anchored on Gabe Tepe. The Turkish force, about 20,000 strong, attacked this line but were beaten back by the entrenched Anzacs, supported by naval gunfire. The position was entrenched, ammunition and supplies were landed, and the Anzac force was reinforced by the Royal Naval Division. Reinforcements were landed 6 August and, in conjunction with an attack at the southern tip of the peninsula, the beachhead was enlarged, but the Allies failed to make a significant breach in Turkish lines.