whole
course of the campaign. This dispersal of forces would appear to have
been one of the major blunders of the Dardanelles campaign.

For five days, beginning May 6, 1915, the Anzacs were in almost
constant action. The fortunes fluctuated, gains were made by both
forces, but in the end, aside from heavy losses by both, there was
practically no change in the relative positions. The allied troops
still held a strip of land on the top of the cliffs, of a radius of
about 1,100 yards. As illustrating the intense character of the combat
at this period, it was calculated that during one bombardment no less
than 1,400 Turkish shells fell on this small strip of land in one
hour.

It has been said that the task of the Anzacs at this period was to
keep open this door to the vitals of the Turkish army and to hold as
many of the Turks as possible, and thus relieve the pressure on the
Krithia front. It can be said with equal force that the task of the
Turks arrayed against them was to hold as many of the Anzacs on this
front as possible. Judged from these angles, both Turks and Britons
were successful.

In the following week both the British and the French received
substantial reenforcements. On May 14 General d'Amade, in command of
the French forces at the Dardanelles, was relieved by General Gouraud,
who, at the age of 47, was the youngest officer of his rank in the
French army. He had enjoyed conspicuous success in northern France,
and had been nicknamed by his soldiers, the "Lion of the Argonne." It
was believed that his experience in the country of the Argonne and the
style of fighting that had developed there would make him especially
valuable to Sir Ian Hamilton, who, of course, had had no previous
experience with the new style of warfare.

On May 18, 1915, began the second battle of Anzac. Elaborate
preparations were made by General Liman von Sanders, the German
commander in chief of the Ottoman forces. Fully 30,000 troops are said
to have been gathered for the attack upon the Colonial troops. The
latter were fully prepared, warned of the concentration by the
observers on the warships and the aerial scouts.

About midnight of that day the attack began. After a preliminary
bombardment of the British positions, successive infantry attacks in
massed formation were launched against the trenches. For six hours the
battle waged, but the Anzacs' positions were not shaken. In the end
the ground in front of the trenches was