• The Battle of Scimitar Hill (Turkish: Yusufçuk Tepe Muharebesi, literally: Battle of the Dragonfly Hill) was the last offensive mounted by the British...
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    29th Division (United Kingdom) (category Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War I)
    Sari Bair Battle of Krithia Vineyard Battle of Scimitar Hill Battle of the Somme (1916) Third Battle of Ypres Battle of Cambrai Fourth Battle of Ypres Fifth...
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    Gerald Robert O'Sullivan (category Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst)
    tasked with the capture of a feature known as Hill 70 or Scimitar Hill. During this battle, on 21 August 1915, he led a charge of 50 men to the hilltop...
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    Campaign. It was launched on 21 August 1915 to coincide with the attack on Scimitar Hill made from the Suvla front by Major-General H. de B. De Lisle's British...
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    the offensive came on 21 August, in the Battle of Scimitar Hill and the Battle of Hill 60. Control of the hills would have united the Anzac and Suvla fronts...
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  • Corps makes a final attempt to seize Scimitar and W Hills. Anzac: Battle of Hill 60 begins. 29 – Battle of Hill 60 ends. 12 – The 26th Infantry Battalion...
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  • victory) Battle of Scimitar Hill (Central powers victory) Senussi Campaign First Suez Offensive Battle of Romani or "The Second Suez Offensive" Battle of Bir...
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    reinforcements during the Battle of Sari Bair. On 21 August 1915 the Division was in reserve for the final attack on Scimitar Hill. When the initial attack...
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    to many of the major battles throughout the Gallipoli campaign, such as the Battle of Chunuk Bair, Battle of Scimitar Hill and the Battle of Sari Bair...
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    11th (Northern) Division (category Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War I)
    Campaign 1915 Battle of Suvla (in IX Corps) Landing at Suvla Bay, 6–15 August Capture of Karakol Dagh (34th Bde), 7 August Battle of Scimitar Hill, 21 August...
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    horses). The fighting climaxed on 21 August with the Battle of Scimitar Hill, the largest battle of the Gallipoli campaign. When it too failed, activity...
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    theatres of combat the fighting was mobile and often involved set-piece battles and cavalry charges. The Eastern Front often took thousands of casualties...
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  • Revolution of 1848 Battle of Schwetz – see Battle of Świecino Battle of Scimitar Hill – 1915 – World War I – Gallipoli Campaign Battle of Sedan (1870)...
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    Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This article lists all the battles that...
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    Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
    British IX Corps launched the final attack of the campaign, the Battle of Scimitar Hill. While filming, he was buried when an artillery shell landed nearby...
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  • Anzac. This required the capture of a group of hills; Scimitar Hill and the 'W' Hills from Suvla and Hill 60 from the new Anzac sector. The attacks were...
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  • 2nd Mounted Division (category Cavalry divisions of the British Army in World War I)
    advanced to Chocolate Hill under heavy fire and took part in the attack on Hill 112. Due to losses during the Battle of Scimitar Hill and wastage during...
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  • Australian Mounted Division (category Divisions of Australia in World War I)
    in the Gallipoli Campaign as 1st Mounted Brigade, notably the Battle of Scimitar Hill. Due to losses and wastage during August 1915, it formed a battalion...
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  • The list of commanders in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I gives the engagements and the respected officers during the conflicts. Commander-in-chiefs:...
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    Arthur James Dingle (category Alumni of Keble College, Oxford)
    to be forced to make a tactical withdrawal. On 21 August, the Battle of Scimitar Hill ensued, a disaster for Britain and her allies: Dingle was killed...
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    day (the Battle of Scimitar Hill). The bombardment only lasted 30 minutes because ammunition was so short, and unfortunately the two hills that formed...
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    sent to Suvla Bay, and took part in the Battle of Scimitar Hill on 21 August. The regiment were in support of the Anzacs in their attempt to break through...
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    Royal Munster Fusiliers (category Fusilier regiments of the British Army)
    landed on 25 April. The climax of the Gallipoli came with the Suvla attack on 21 August in the Battle of Scimitar Hill, the Turks inflicted severe casualties...
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  • subsequent phases of the battle. Over the following days the battalion was engaged in reorganising and improving the trenches facing Scimitar Hill, taking casualties...
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    Oxford University from 1911 to 1915, killed at the Battle of Scimitar Hill (b. 1891) Battle of Hill 60 — Reinforcements from the Australian 2nd Division...
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    following day they had suffered casualties of 10 killed or died of wounds and 46 wounded. This, the Battle of Scimitar Hill, was the last British attack delivered...
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    in reserve for the Battle of Scimitar Hill. The Yeomanry moved out of their bivouacs at Lala Baba at 15.30 towards Chocolate Hill, expecting then to pass...
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    Territorial Force (category Volunteer military formations of the United Kingdom)
    The same month, the yeomen of the 2nd Mounted Division suffered 30 per cent casualties during the Battle of Scimitar Hill, and had to be relieved by six...
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    Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (category Yeomanry regiments of the British Army)
    fought as infantry at Chocolate Hill on 21 August, supporting the attack of the 29th Division in the Battle of Scimitar Hill, during which the regiment suffered...
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    own life to drag a wounded comrade from the battlefield at the Battle of Scimitar Hill. The statue is just outside the garden wall, facing the Crown Court...
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