7 August 1915
Auckland Battalion Daylight Attack Ordered
Johnston orders the Auckland Battalion forward after delays prevent the planned dawn assault.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Chunuk Bair in New Zealand. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Johnston orders the Auckland Battalion forward after delays prevent the planned dawn assault.
Malone refuses to send the Wellington Battalion into a suicidal daylight attack and waits for darkness.
Johnston accepts the plan for the Wellington Battalion to attack the summit before dawn.
Malone's battalion holds Chunuk Bair through repeated Ottoman attacks and devastating artillery fire.
Malone leads the Wellington Battalion onto the summit of Chunuk Bair before dawn.
Bassett repeatedly repairs telephone lines under fire between the front and headquarters at Chunuk Bair.
Malone is killed on Chunuk Bair by shellfire while his depleted battalion continues holding the summit.
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