Landing At Gaba Tepe 25th Apr., 1915

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25th Apr., 1915] Landing At Gaba Tepe 255
safety catches. No shots were to be fired till daylight
The men were ashore and mostly alive, but the place was clearly the wrong one. Anyone who depended upon a set plan for the next move was completely bewildered. It had been hoped that the halt under the sandy bank would be long enough to allow all the companies to land, form, and carry out an organised attack across the open against the first ridge.
But there was no open.
25th Apr., 1915] Landing At Gaba Tepe 275 As MacLagan reached the plateau, he realised that the landing had been made in the rough country a mile north of the proper place.
278 The Story Of Anzac [25th Apr., 1915
The first Turkish gun had opened at 4.45 a.m., fifteen minutes after the landing.