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1914 |
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August 4 |
England declares war on Germany,
Australia joins England |
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August 10 |
Enlistment begins in Australia |
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November 1 |
Contingent of first AIF leaves
Albany, WA. 30,000 soldiers, 38 ships |
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December 3 |
First AIF contingent arrives at
Mena Camp,
Egypt |
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1915 |
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February 1 |
Second convoy arrives in Egypt.
12,500 soldiers |
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February 19 |
Anglo-French bombardment of
forts at entrance to the Dardanelles |
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February 25 |
Queen Elizabeth in action |
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March 4 |
First troops reach Lemnos |
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March 16 |
Rear-Admiral de Robeck takes
over command from Vice-Admiral Carden |
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March 18 |
Loss of Irresistible,
Ocean and Bouvet. Imperial navy repelled by
Turkey |
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April 17, 18 |
E15 stranded off Kephez Point,
and blown up by fleet's picket boats |
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April 25 |
Australian and New Zealand
troops land at Anzac, and British at several points about
the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsular |
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April 26 |
Anzac troops establish
themselves in semi-circle based on the coast, and repel
Turkish attacks. British, re-inforced by French
troops, take Sedd-el-Bahr. General Hamilton ordered
the Anzac troops to dig in. |
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April 27 |
Allies advance towards Achi Baba
and village of Krithia; front established two miles from the
point of the Peninsular |
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April 29 |
At sea, successes of E14 in Sea
of Marmara |
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April 30 |
AE2 sunk in attempting to enter
Sea of Marmara. Landing of French troops on right of
Krithia front completed. British reinforcements also
landed |
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May 2 |
Anzac assault at Baby 700 failed |
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May 6,
7, and
8 |
Three day's battle for Krithia.
Anzacs send part of their forces to this front, and at the
same time repel Turkish attacks |
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May 12 |
Goliath torpedoed |
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May 12 -
28 |
Further slight success on
Krithia front; French take Haricot Redoubt |
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May 19 |
Turks opposite Anzac reinforced.
Anzacs repel tremendous attack and inflict loss of 7,000
men, losing 500 themselves |
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May 21 |
Death of General Bridges |
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May 24 |
9 hour truce to bury the dead |
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May 26 |
Triumph torpedoed |
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May 27 |
Majestic torpedoed;
larger Allied vessels withdrawn; successes of E11 in Sea of
Marmara |
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June 4 |
Third great attempt upon Achi
Baba; 500 yards' progress. Anzacs' attack diverts
reinforcements for the Turks on Krithia front, and gains 500
yards |
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June 30 |
Turks attack at Russell's Top |
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July 31 |
Troops from 11th Battalion
capture and hold Leane's Trench |
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August 6 |
British force lands at Suvla Bay |
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August 6 |
Anzacs attack Lone Pine |
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August 7 |
Turkish positions at The Nek
charged by the 8th and 10th Australian Light Horse Regiments |
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August
7,
8,
9 and
10 |
Anzac and Suvla forces link up
and establish united front, whose farthest point is two and
a half miles inland. Anzacs reach crest of Sari
Bair, but have to withdraw to lower slopes owing to failure
of advance elsewhere |
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August 21 |
Suvla force takes and loses Hill
70; Anzacs take Hill 60 |
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September 2 |
Troopship Southland
torpedoed off Lemnos |
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October 20 |
General Sir Ian Hamilton
superseded in the Gallipoli command by Major-General Munro |
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November 27 |
Lord Kitchener visits Anzac and
Krithia fronts |
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December 7 |
Britain decides to withdraw all
Allied forces from Gallipoli |
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December 20 |
Last of the Anzac troops withdrawn |
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1916 |
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March 7 |
First AIF battalions reach the
Western Front |
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