Gallipoli (Turkish: Gelibolu Yarımadası; Greek: Χερσόνησος της Καλλίπολης, romanised: Chersónisos tis Kallípolis) is a peninsula located in the southern part of East Thrace, what is present-day the European part of Turkey. The Aegean Sea lies to the west and the Dardanelles strait to the east. The name Gallipoli, so widely-used throughout the Great War, is the Italian form of the Greek name Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis), which means "beautiful city", the original name of the modern town of Gelibolu.[1]
Timeline
The following timeline provides a simple chronological listing of events relating to Gallipoli.
1915
25 April | ▶ Landing of British forces at Cape Helles, and of Australian and New Zealanders at Gaba Tepe (Anzac Bay), on southern shore. | ▶ French on the southern shore. |
27–29 April | Establishing French and British forces across peninsula. | |
1–4 May | First battle of Krithia: Turkish attack repulsed. | |
2–4 May | Unsuccessful fighting at Gaba Tepe. | |
6 May | British and French civilians sent from Constantinople to; and back 14 May. | |
6–8 May | Second battle of Krithia; very heavy fighting; advance of 1,000 yards. | |
9, 10, 18, 19 May | Heavy fighting at Anzac. | |
15 May | General bridges commanding Anzacs killed. | |
24 May | Truce agreed. | |
28 May | ▶ Capture of "Le Haricot" by French. | ▶ Turkish repulse, and 3 June. |
4 June | Third battle of Krithia; severe fighting; advance of 500 yards. | |
1, 5, 11, 16, 18 June | Turkish attacks. | |
21 June | French attacks. | |
28 June | British attacks. | |
29–30 June, 1–2 July | Turkish attack on our right and at Anzac driven off, General Gouraud wounded. | |
4–5 July | General Turkish attacks repulsed. | |
12 July | Allies attack with little result. | |
13, 21, 23, 28 July | Various attacks by both sides. | |
6 August | [Allied] losses nearly 50,000 to date; Great British attack begins, attack Achi Baba, land Suvla Bay. | |
7–10 August | Severe fighting at Suvla, Anzac, and Achi Baba. | |
12 August | Fighting at Suvla dies away, failure of attack. | |
15 August | General Stopford relieved by General Byng. | |
16 August | Large reinforcements refused. | |
21 August | Second Suvla attack failed. | |
5 September | Turkish attacks (Anafarta). | |
15 September | 10th and French Divisions withdrawn. | |
18 September | Heavy artillery brought up from Adrianople, Kirk Kilisse and Chatalja. | |
27 September | Operations confined to artillery and aircraft. | |
16 October | Sir Ian Hamilton relieved by General Monro. | |
15 November | Successful attack by 156th Brigade. | |
27 November | Blizzard, many frozen. | |
11 December | Decision to evacuate; Casualties published, 112,000 besides the sick. | |
18–20 December | Suvla and Anzac evacuated (3 men wounded). | |
19 December | Covering attack from Cape Helles. | |
21 December | Turks claim "great victory with heavy British losses." |
1916
7 January | Turkish attack on Cape Helles. |
7–9 January | Evacuation of Cape Helles (one man wounded). |
6 March | Despatch on evacuation by General Monro. |
References
The Great War On This Day and its associated Index.
Sources: Various material contemporary with the war have been used to compile
Text has been transcribed from two out-of-copyright sources: Chronology of the War (1918-1920), and History of the Great War – Principle Events 1914-1918 (1922). Spelling of place names are original to British use at the time. Some typos have been altered or corrected for consistency. Duplicate or identical events between these sources have been amalgamated; as a result the date and wording may differ to the original texts.
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