GALLIPOLI

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Shortly after midnight soldiers begin to leave the front line trenches. By 1.30 am the first of the front line trenches are arriving at the evacuation

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The wind of recent days finally dies down and the evacuation can continue fully. Overnight 3,022 men had been successfully evacuated. In the afternoon the

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British engineers start setting mines in tunnels across the front at Helles in preparation for detonation during the final stages of the evacuation. Turkish

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Increased Turkish troop activity at Gully Ravine overnight. Evacuation again hampered by heavy winds. Overnight only 586 men had been evacuated due to the

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Overnight the Turks concentrate their artillery fire on the beaches of Helles. Heavy Turkish artillery targets W Beach at Helles causing casualties. In the

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Through the night the beaches at Helles where the evacuation is focused is shelled by the Turks. Despite the shelling over 2,500 men were evacuated overnight.

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After midnight the Munster Fusiliers leave the reserve trenches and march to V Beach for embarkation. At 4 am the Dublin Fusiliers embark from V Beach. To

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The level of Turkish artillery activity increases all along the Helles front. The beaches seem a particular target, but still nothing suggests that the Turks

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Along the whole of the front the British let off brief volleys of intense fire (five rounds by each man) so that the Turks are unaware of the steady reduction

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During the day the two sides exchange artillery fire at Helles. The evacuation process continues with the reserve positions at Gully Ravine being emptied out.