CHAPTER I THE FORMATION OF THE DIVISION 1

II MUDROS AND MITYLENE 32

III THE 29TH BRIGADE AT ANZAC 62

IV SARI BAIR 91

V SUVLA BAY AND CHOCOLATE HILL 121

VI KIRETCH TEPE SIRT 152

VII KABA KUYU AND HILL 60 181

VIII ROUTINE 206

IX LAST DAYS 229

X RETROSPECT 243

APPENDICES

A. ON AUTHORITIES 257

B. NAMES OF OFFICERS KILLED, WOUNDED AND MISSING 259

C. NAMES OF OFFICERS, N.C.O.’S AND MEN MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES 263

D. NAMES OF OFFICERS, N.C.O.’S AND MEN AWARDED HONOURS 266

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

MULES IN THE ANZAC SAP _Frontispiece_

_Face page_ LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR BRYAN MAHON, K.C.V.O., C.B., D.S.O. 4

BASINGSTOKE. A HALT 24

MUSKETRY AT DOLLYMOUNT 24

SARI BAIR 44

MUDROS. THE AUTHOR’S BIVOUAC 44

SARI BAIR FROM SUVLA 56

BRIGADIER-GENERAL R. J, COOPER, C.V.O., C.B., COMMANDING 29TH BRIGADE 98

SUVLA, SHOWING LALA BABA AND THE SALT LAKE 124

BRIGADIER-GENERAL F. F. HILL, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., COMMANDING 31ST BRIGADE 132

BRIGADIER-GENERAL L. L. NICOL, C.B., COMMANDING 30TH BRIGADE 140

A FAUGH-A-BALLAGH TEASES A TURKISH SNIPER 154

THE 7TH DUBLINS IN THE TRENCHES AT CHOCOLATE HILL 158

THE ANAFARTA PLAIN (KIRETCH TEPE SIRT ON THE SKYLINE) 168

THE ANAFARTA PLAIN FROM THE SOUTH (HILL 60 ON THE LEFT IN THE MIDDLE DISTANCE) 186

BRIGADIER-GENERAL J. G. KING-KING, D.S.O. 208

5TH ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS IN THE TRENCHES 214

IMBROS FROM ANZAC 230

MAP (_at the end of the Volume_)

THE IRISH IN GALLIPOLI

Where Aegean cliffs with bristling menace front The treacherous splendour of that isley sea, Lighted by Troy’s last shadow; where the first Hero kept watch and the last Mystery Shook with dark thunder. Hark! the battle brunt! A nation speaks, old Silences are burst.

’Tis not for lust of glory, no new throne This thunder and this lightning of our power Wakens up frantic echoes, not for these Our Cross with England’s mingle, to be blown At Mammon’s threshold. We but war when war Serves Liberty and Keeps a world at peace.

Who said that such an emprise could be vain? Were they not one with Christ, who fought and died? Let Ireland weep: but not for sorrow, weep That by her sons a land is sanctified, For Christ arisen, and angels once again Come back, like exile birds, and watch their sleep.

FRANCIS LEDWIDGE

FRANCE _24th February, 1917_

THE TENTH (IRISH) DIVISION

THE TENTH (IRISH) DIVISION IN GALLIPOLI