9 August 1915
First Scimitar Hill Attack Repulsed
Hammersley's troops attack around Scimitar Hill but are driven back amid increasing Ottoman artillery, rifle fire and burning scrub.
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Hammersley's troops attack around Scimitar Hill but are driven back amid increasing Ottoman artillery, rifle fire and burning scrub.
Further unsupported attacks around Scimitar Hill fail and exhausted British units fall back from exposed positions.
After being wounded, Potts remains between the lines and later brings a wounded comrade back toward British positions on a shovel.
De Lisle directs the British attack at Scimitar Hill, which ends with heavy casualties and no decisive gain.
De Lisle commits regular troops of the 29th Division in the opening assault on Scimitar Hill.
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