Gallipoli Evacuation

HMS Ocean is lost after striking a mine while attempting to assist damaged ships.

Hamilton orders the Anzacs to hold their ground rather than abandon the beachhead on the first night.

Birdwood reports his divisional commanders' recommendation to evacuate after the confused first day ashore.

Howse works to improve treatment and evacuation arrangements for the growing number of ANZAC casualties.

Hamilton argues that withdrawing from Gallipoli could cause catastrophic casualties and damage British prestige.

Monro prepares to implement the British decision to abandon the ANZAC and Suvla sectors.

Monro concludes that evacuation risks are lower than Hamilton had feared and presses for withdrawal.

Kitchener inspects the remaining Allied positions while considering whether Cape Helles should also be abandoned.

Units of the 54th East Anglian Division begin leaving the Suvla sector for Mudros in the staged withdrawal.

Asquith's government authorises withdrawal from the ANZAC and Suvla sectors.

The first day of troop withdrawal from Gallipolli

White's plan removes sick men, surplus troops and stores while the front continues to appear fully occupied.

The evacuation programme removes sick and wounded men, surplus troops and valuable stores before the final nights of withdrawal.

The depleted 53rd Welsh Division begins evacuation from Suvla to Mudros during the carefully staged withdrawal.

Detailed orders are issued for the final evacuation phase, with secrecy and deception measures designed to conceal the withdrawal.

White's detailed timetable governs the final nights of withdrawal from the ANZAC perimeter.

White's withdrawal plan succeeds as the final ANZAC troops leave before dawn with virtually no casualties.

De Lisle's remaining troops leave the Suvla sector during the successful December evacuation.

Visits the Peninsular in November & recommends evacuation

Monro recommends withdrawal after concluding that the Allied position offers little prospect of strategic success.

Monro directs preparations to remove the remaining British and French forces from Cape Helles.

Kitchener supports evacuation from ANZAC and Suvla after inspecting conditions on the peninsula.

White devises a phased evacuation plan intended to remove troops and stores without alerting Ottoman observers.

White uses deliberate periods of silence followed by normal firing to condition Ottoman troops before the withdrawal.

Hunter-Weston's rear guards leave their positions as the final evacuation of Cape Helles begins.

Monro reports completion of the final Helles evacuation, ending the Allied Dardanelles expedition.

The final day of troop withdrawal from Gallipolli

Monro completes the withdrawal of the remaining Allied forces, ending the Gallipoli campaign.

British troops are evacuated from the Gallipoli campaign.