ont the attack of the Turks was not
serious. Instead they concentrated on the left of the French line,
held by a Senegalese brigade. After several attacks the African troops
began to give way. Realizing the seriousness of the situation, the two
companies of the Worcesters moved across from the British right and
saved the day. Some hours later, the extreme French right was hard
pressed, and it was necessary to bring up a battalion of the Royal
Naval Division from the reserves to strengthen it.

The following morning, the allied troops moved out of their trenches
in a counterattack. It at first met with great success. As Sir Ian
Hamilton wrote in his dispatch to London: "Had it not been for those
inventions of the devil--machine guns and barbed wire--which suit the
Turkish character and tactics to perfection, we should not have
stopped short of the crest of Achi Baba."

By 7.30 in the morning the British left had advanced more than 500
yards, while the center and the right and the French left had also
registered promising advances. The rest of the French line, however,
was held up by strong Turkish forces posted along the Kereves Dere and
the more advanced sections of the British left came under heavy
cross-fire. In the end it was necessary to relinquish all the ground
gained and to retire to the original trenches.

Although the Turks made night attacks against the French line on May 2
and 3, 1915, and in the end inflicted such heavy losses that it was
necessary to shorten the line held by General d'Amade's troops, it was
not until May 6, 1915, that heavy fighting occurred again along the
whole line. On May 5 the Lancashire Fusilier Brigade of the East
Lancashire Territorial Division, which had been training in Egypt,
arrived and was placed in reserve, behind the British left.

At this time it was calculated that the British total losses, killed,
wounded and missing since the initial operations of the landing, had
been just short of 14,000 men. This of course did not include the sick
who must have numbered 10,000 or the French losses, which were not
revealed. These were heavy and serious and more than counterbalanced
the reenforcements that had arrived.

Sir Ian Hamilton decided to make a fresh attempt against Krithia and
Achi Baba on May 6, 1915. This battle was important because it marked
the turning point in the character of the campaign carried on by the
allied troops in Gallipoli. Although an advance was registe