Third attack on Anzac Cove | |||||||
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Part of the Gallipoli Campaign | |||||||
Ottoman Turkish troops Going over the top in assault on British trench-line in Anzac Cove. |
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Belligerents | |||||||
Ottoman Empire | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
William Birdwood | Essad Pasha | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
ANZAC |
2nd Division 5th Division 16th Division 19th Division |
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Strength | |||||||
17,300 | 42,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
168 dead 468 wounded |
~3,000 dead ~7,000 wounded |
Coordinates: 40°14′46″N 26°16′40″E / 40.24611°N 26.27778°E
The third attack on Anzac Cove (19 May 1915) was an engagement during the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War. The attack was conducted by the forces of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, against the forces of the British Empire defending the cove.
On 25 April 1915, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) landed on the western side of the Gallipoli Peninsula, at what thereafter became known as Anzac Cove. The first Turkish attempts to recapture the ANZAC beachhead were two unsuccessful attacks in April. Just over two weeks later, the Turks had gathered a force of 42,000 men (four divisions) to conduct their second assault against the ANZAC's 17,300 men (two divisions). The ANZAC commanders had no indication of the impending attack until the day before, when British aircraft reported a build-up of troops opposite the ANZAC positions.