The New Zealanders at Gallipoli

Contents

• • [covers]
  • [frontispiece]
  • [title page] p. i
  • To the Memory of Our Glorious Dead p. iii
  • Contents p. iv
  • The New Zealand Popular History Series p. v
  • The New Zealanders of Anzac p. vii
  • To My Old Comrades p. xv
  • [untitled] p. xx
• The New Zealanders at Gallipoli
  • Chapter I. The Concentration of the Expeditionary Force p. 1
    • [section] p. 1
    • The Mobilization p. 2
    • Equipping the Force p. 6
    • Waiting for the Escort p. 10
  • Chapter II. The Voyage to Egypt p. 14
    • [section] p. 14
    • A Great Welcome at Hobart p. 15
    • Young Australia greets Young New Zealand p. 17
    • The Triumph of Australia p. 20
    • A Run Ashore at Colombo p. 23
    • The Monotony of the Voyage
    • Ordered to Disembark in Egypt p. 29
  • Chapter III. Training in Egypt p. 32
  • Chapter IV. The Defence of the Suez Canal p. 47
    • [section] p. 47
    • Waiting for the Turk p. 50
    • Our First Battle
    • Captured Turkish Orders
    • Return to Zeitoun
    • An Inspection on the Desert p. 60
    • A Riot in the Ezbekieh Quarter p. 61
    • Leaving Cairo p. 62
  • Chapter V. The Rendezvous at Mudros p. 64
    • [section] p. 64
    • Through the Ægean Sea p. 66
    • Mudros Harbour p. 67
    • The Attack on the Dardanelles
    • Preparing for the Attack p. 71
  • Chapter VI. The Anzac Landing p. 74
    • [section] p. 74
    • Passing Cape Helles p. 76
    • Going Ashore
    • Straight into the Battle p. 79
    • A Desperate Night p. 81
  • Chapter VII. The First Week p. 86
    • [section] p. 86
    • Shrapnel Gully p. 87
    • The End of the Second Day p. 89
    • The First Landing at Suvla p. 91
    • The Nerve-Centre of Anzac p. 95
    • The New Zealand Sector p. 96
    • The Tragic Lack of Hospital Ships p. 98
  • Chapter VIII. At the Head of Monash Gully p. 102
    • [section] p. 102
    • Straightening the Line p. 104
    • The Christening of Dead Man's Ridge p. 106
    • The Evolution of the Anzac Line p. 110
    • Quinn's Post p. 113
    • Aeroplanes p. 116
  • Chapter IX. The Battle of Krithia p. 119
    • [section] p. 119
    • The New Zealand Brigade in Reserve p. 123
    • The Daisy Patch p. 125
    • The Relief of our Brigade p. 130
  • Chapter X. The Arrival of the Mounteds p. 132
    • [section] p. 132
    • The Mounted Rifles repulse a determined Attack p. 138
    • Burying the Dead on Armistice Day p. 143
    • The Sinking of the “Triumph.”
    • The Taking and Losing of “Old No. 3 Post.” p. 149
  • Chapter XI. Supplying the Needs of the Army p. 152
    • [section] p. 152
    • The Utter Dependence on the Imperial Navy p. 155
    • The Bomb Factory p. 157
    • The Scarcity of Building Materials
    • The Water Supply p. 160
    • Bully Beef and Biscuits
  • Chapter XII. Midsummer at Anzac p. 166
    • [section] p. 166
    • Mining at Quinn's Post p. 167
    • The Death of Major Quinn p. 169
    • “The Agony of Anzac.” p. 171
    • A Sortie from Quinn's Post p. 172
    • The Last Attack on Anzac p. 177
    • The Soldier and His Clothes
  • Chapter XIII. The Preparations in July p. 182
    • [section] p. 182
    • The Amenities of Anzac p. 185
    • Reinforcements Promised p. 187
    • Where should the Troops be Used? p. 190
    • Making the Beach Road p. 192
    • Working on the Big Sap p. 194
  • Chapter XIV. The Battle of Sari Bair
    • Part I p. 197
      • The Preliminaries p. 197
      • The Struggle at Helles
      • The Battle of Lone Pine p. 199
      • Against German Officers' Trench p. 200
      • The Glory of the Australian Light Horse
    • Part II p. 201
      • The Anzac Thrust for “971.” p. 201
      • The Organization of General Godley's Army p. 203
      • The Night of August 6 p. 205
      • The Right Covering Force p. 206
      • The Capture of Old No. 3
      • The Capture of Table Top p. 208
      • Bauchop's Hill p. 210
      • The Left Covering Force p. 212
      • The Right Assaulting Column p. 213
    • Part III p. 218
      • The Attack of August 8 p. 218
      • The Capture of Chunuk Bair p. 219
      • The Glory of New Zealand p. 220
      • The Ghurkas Attack Hill Q p. 224
      • We Lose the Crest of Chunuk p. 226
    • Part IV. The Battle of Sari Bair p. 229
      • The Suvla Landing p. 229
      • The Hill Features of the Suvla Plain p. 230
      • The Landing Beaches p. 232
      • Trouble at the Beaches p. 233
      • The Morning of August 8 p. 234
      • The Next Day—August 9
      • A New Move that Failed p. 236
    • Part V. After the Battle p. 237
      • The Trenches on the Crest of Chunuk p. 237
      • The Water Problem p. 238
      • The Fifth Reinforcements p. 240
      • The Valleys of Torment
  • Chapter XV. The Battle of Kaiajik Aghala p. 245
    • [section] p. 245
    • The Attack on Scimitar Hill p. 248
    • The First Attack on Kaiajik Aghala p. 249
    • Second Assault on Kaiajik Aghala p. 254
  • Chapter XVI. Preparing for the End p. 259
    • [section] p. 259
    • Resting at Sarpi
    • Nurses!
    • Hot Baths at Thermos p. 263
    • The Problem of a Mixed Coinage
    • Welcome Reinforcements
    • The Seething Pot of Balkan Politics
    • The Responsibility of Australia and New Zealand p. 269
    • General Hamilton is Recalled
    • General Munro Assumes Control p. 271
    • The Great Blizzard p. 273
    • The Visit of Lord Kitchener p. 277
    • The Hours of Silence
  • Chapter XVII. The Evacuation p. 278
    • [section] p. 278
    • The Order to Evacuate p. 280
    • Preparing for the Big Bluff p. 282
    • Actors at Anzac p. 285
    • A, B, and C Parties p. 286
    • The Last Night p. 288
    • A and B Parties Leave
    • The Last Anxious Moments p. 290
    • The New Zealand Mounted Rifles p. 292
    • The Evacuation of Helles p. 293
  • Chapter XVIII. The Return to Anzac p. 294
    • [section] p. 294
    • Anzac Cove
• • New Zealand Transports of the Main Body p. 302
  • Transports Carrying the New Zealand and Australian Division from Alexandria to Gallipoli, April 1915 p. 303
  • Establishment of Main Body, N.Z.E.F p. 304
    • [section] p. 304
    • New Units Raised during Gallipoli Campaign p. 305
  • [appendix] p. 306
  • The Men of Anzac p. 307
    • [section] p. 307
    • New Zealanders decorated and mentioned in despatches p. 308
      • Victoria Cross p. 308
      • Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. (K.C.B.)
      • Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. (K.C.M.G.)
      • Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. (C.B.)
      • Companions of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. (C.M.G.) p. 309
      • Companions of the Distinguished Service Order. (D.S.O.)
      • Military Cross. (M.C.) p. 310
      • Distinguished Conduct Medal. (D.C.M.) p. 311
      • Mentioned in Despatches p. 312
  • The Place-Names of Anzac p. 317
  • A Gallipoli Diary p. 325
  • A Note by the Author p. 330

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