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Long pine aim

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  • Aim - A last attempt to break the stalemate on Gallipoli and designed to be a diversion for another assault further north
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Long pine key features

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○ 1 hour of artillery bombardment shelled the Turkish positions
○ Australians crossed no man’s land through heavy fire and suffered many casualties
○ Allies found that the trenches had been covered with pine logs and had to break through before continuing their attack

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long pine out come

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○ After 4 days of hand to hand combat, the Anzacs gained control of the Turkish Trenches
○ 2,300 Anzac casualties and 6,000 Turkish casualties
○ It remains to be one of the few allied successes of the Gallipoli campaign

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tThe nek aim

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Aim - To push the Trukish out from their trenches on the slopes that had allowed them to dominate Australian positions bellow on the Northen end of the Anzac Front Line

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the nek key features

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○ Failed bombardment of Turkish positions by a British destroyer offshore - bulk of shells fell beyond target, ended 7 minutes early leaving time for Turkish to re-man their positions and prepare
○ First and second wave of allies were immediately shot down as they charged over the hill
○ There was a dispute if the third and then forth wave should be cancelled but in the confusion both waves also went

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the nek outcome

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there were 138 wounded and 234 casualties out of the 600 troops involved in a mere in a 45 minute period

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