July 1915
Suvla Landing Added to August Plan
Hamilton adds a new landing at Suvla to support the planned breakout from Anzac.
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Hamilton adds a new landing at Suvla to support the planned breakout from Anzac.
Hammersley is removed from active divisional command after the breakdown of leadership during the opening Suvla operations.
Lindley's 53rd Division arrives to reinforce the stalled Suvla force.
Landing craft carrying parts of the 34th Brigade ground offshore, forcing troops to wade and adding confusion to the night landing.
Stopford's IX Corps begins landing at Suvla Bay as the northern part of Hamilton's August offensive.
Hammersley's headquarters lacks reliable knowledge of forward battalion positions while much of the division waits for orders.
Hammersley's division advances inland from Suvla toward Chocolate Hill amid confused command arrangements.
Stopford continues directing the Suvla operation largely from offshore while opportunities inland diminish.
Stopford fails to press rapidly inland after the largely unopposed landing, allowing Ottoman reinforcements to occupy the heights.
Mahon's 10th Division units land at Suvla and enter the expanding northern beachhead.
Hill's 10th Division battalions are divided between C Beach and Gazi Baba, complicating concentration of the Irish division.
Hamilton becomes increasingly dissatisfied with the slow advance from the Suvla beachhead.
Coleridge is sent from divisional headquarters to locate forward troops and stress the need to gain the W Hills before nightfall.
The 1/1st Herefordshire Regiment lands at C Beach in the morning as the 53rd Welsh Division enters the Suvla fighting.
The first units of Inglefield's 54th East Anglian Division land at Suvla to reinforce IX Corps.
By the end of 11 August the 54th Division headquarters and most of its infantry battalions are ashore at Suvla.
Stopford looks to the newly arrived 54th Division for another attempt toward Kavak Tepe after earlier attacks fail.
Stopford's corps remains confined near the coast as Ottoman defenders consolidate the surrounding high ground.
Hamilton meets Stopford again as he considers renewed attempts to seize the inland high ground after the Norfolk losses.
Hamilton removes Stopford after the Suvla force fails to exploit the surprise achieved by the landing.
De Lisle assumes command at Suvla and attempts to restore momentum to the stalled British force.
Peyton's dismounted 2nd Mounted Division completes its arrival at Suvla after landing during the night of 17 to 18 August.
Hamilton orders a major Suvla attack against Scimitar Hill and neighbouring positions.
Peyton's 2nd Mounted Division advances dismounted across the dry Salt Lake toward the Scimitar Hill fighting.
Heavy losses force Peyton's 2nd Mounted Division to reorganise its depleted mounted brigades into two composite formations.
The 54th East Anglian Division receives orders to prepare to leave Gallipoli and return to Mudros.
A severe snowstorm, frost and exposure strike the Suvla and Anzac positions, causing heavy non-battle casualties.
Units of the 54th East Anglian Division begin leaving the Suvla sector for Mudros in the staged withdrawal.
The depleted 53rd Welsh Division begins evacuation from Suvla to Mudros during the carefully staged withdrawal.
De Lisle's remaining troops leave the Suvla sector during the successful December evacuation.
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