nstantly. Fired by his
splendid example which earned him a posthumous Victoria Cross, the
Dublins, Munsters, and Hampshires swept on and carried the summit. By
two o'clock the commanding position was in the hands of the British.

At the same time the Lancashire Landing force had linked up with the
landing at V Beach. Also, the French Expeditionary force, after its
hard experience at Kum Kale, was successfully landed at V Beach.
Additional troops were landed at S Beach to prevent the South Wales
Borderers being wiped out in their isolation.

On the morning of April 27, 1915, Sir Ian Hamilton looked over the
positions. He found that, although he had several beaches securely in
his grasp, he lacked room in which to maneuver. Also his force was
beginning to suffer from lack of water. Accordingly he decided that an
immediate advance was necessary.

Sir Ian Hamilton set his men the task of clearing the comparatively
low ground at the tip of the peninsula--a distance of about two miles
from the extreme southwestern point of the land. He drew a straight
line from the position held by the South Wales Borderers near the
ruined De Tott's Battery to Y Beach. After some hard fighting this was
accomplished with the exception of the extreme left wing, which got
only as far as Y 2 Beach, where the Turks were in force.

On the following day, April 27th, despite the fact that his forces
were almost exhausted, Sir Ian Hamilton called upon them for a supreme
effort. He intended, he said, to capture the Village of Krithia and,
from that point, carry Achi Baba, the first main objective in the
campaign to open the Narrows.

The advance was ordered for eight o'clock in the morning. The
Twenty-ninth Division, under Major General Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston,
was to move on Krithia, the French force was to move along the right
flank of the Twenty-ninth to the Kereves Dere, which ran from the base
of Achi Baba, and there await the capture of Krithia and the assault
upon the main height.

The leading units of the Twenty-ninth Division advanced almost without
opposition for a couple of miles, but was then heavily attacked by the
enemy. Despite all further attempts the British troops were able to
make no further advance at this point and intrenched for the night. A
little to the right, other units eventually got within three-quarters
of a mile of Krithia, but finally were compelled to fall back in line
with the force on its left. Still farther to