as tenacious and, in the end,
effective. If they had not won all they expected to win they had at
least won a foothold in the face of terrific difficulties.

While the Australians and New Zealanders were fighting desperately
beyond Gaba Tepe, the other forces of the allied army were
accomplishing similar deeds of heroism at the tip of the peninsula.

Coming down the coast of the peninsula from Gaba Tepe, about three
miles from the extreme southwestern tip, was what was known as Beach
Y. It was almost due west of the important town of Krithia, and the
landing was intended primarily to protect the left flank of the
British landing forces from attack by the considerable forces believed
to be concentrated there.

The actual landing seems to have been somewhat of a surprise to the
Turks. Indeed, subsequent events showed that they were correct in
their estimate that a landing at the so-called Beach Y would be a
mistake. A narrow strip of sandy beach led to the cliffs, two hundred
feet high, that were believed to be almost unscalable. It is easy to
be wise after the event, but military writers subsequently declared
that if the Turks had been prepared to defend the position, the force
that landed at Beach Y would have been wiped out in the preliminary
attempt to establish a footing.

The force assigned to this point of attack consisted of the First
King's Own Scottish Borderers, and the Plymouth Battalion of the Royal
Naval Division, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Koe. The
latter was under orders, if the landing proved successful, to work his
way south to effect a junction with the force landing at Beach X, some
two miles away.

About five o'clock, Koe's force appeared off Beach Y, on the
transports _Braemar Castle_ and _Southland_, and escorted by the
battleship _Goliath_, and the cruisers _Amethyst_ and _Sapphire_. The
Turks had posted a large force at Beach Y 2, between Beach Y and Beach
X, but half of the Scottish Borderers were ashore before the Turkish
command had realized what was happening. As a result Colonel Koe's
force was partly established on the cliffs before the Turks had begun
to arrive.

But if the initial stages were unexpectedly easy for this force,
difficulties soon developed. Once on the heights, Colonel Koe ordered
an advance to link up with the force at Beach X. The British troops
had not gone far when they ran into the Turkish troops from Beach Y.
So large was this force and so determine