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30th November 2015

7:00 - 2015

Today at Gallipoli

Allies begin evacuating hundreds of men who have suffered frostbite in the cold of recent days.

New Zealand artillery begins shelling Hill 60 and Chunuk Bair.

Men are still being sent back from the frontlines suffering from frostbite.

Work begins on trying to drain the networks of trenches and free them from deep mud.

29th November 2015

7:00 - 2015

Today at Gallipoli

Still very cold but the rain and snow has stopped.

Turkish artillery resumes shelling the ANZAC zone in advance of an attack on Lone Pine.

Just after noon the Turkish artillery attack at Lone Pine ends but the assault on the Australian trenches is cancelled.

German commander, Liman von Sanders, has become aware of probable Allied withdrawal.

28th November 2015

7:00 - 2015

Today at Gallipoli

Snow and rain continues. Most allied trenches in front line positions are flooded and orders are given for troops to move back.

With the intense cold military activity reduces and the day is largely quiet. However men still died as they drowned in their trenches or from exposure to the cold. The battlefield was turned to mud, and in the running waters of the flood hundreds of bodies that had been previously buried were uncovered.

27th November 2015

7:00 - 2015

Today at Gallipoli

Two Turkish attacks at Lone Pine repulsed. Turks lose 60 men.

The rain continues throughout the day. As evening falls the rain turns to snow and it is very cold.

26th November 2015

7:00 - 2015

Today at Gallipoli

Winds increase throughout the day. Naval vessels ordered to Imbros for safety.

A British shell lands in the trenches of the Inniskilling Fusiliers killing two men.

Allied submarine E11 attacks Erdek harbor and sinks one ship, damages another.

In the evening a storm with heavy and persistent rain begins. Trenches begin to flood and communication lines at Suvla are damaged.

Read below an account from Captain Gee of the floods at Suvla Bay. (National Archives, UK) 

25th November 2015

7:00 - 2015

Today at Gallipoli

Turks attempt an attack at Quinn’s Post but are forced to retreat back to their trenches when they are attacked by hand grenades.

Turkish artillery shells allied positions at Suvla.

24th November 2015

7:00 - 2015

Today at Gallipoli

Inniskilling Fusiliers are so short of men that they are reinforced with 100 men from the King’s Own Scottish Borders.

Orders are issued for artillery units in the ANZAC zone to stop firing for 48 hours. This is part of the preparation for the evacuation of the area.

23rd November 2015

7:00 - 2015

Today at Gallipoli

New Zealand artillery shells Hill 60.

Heavy fire around allied trenches at Krithia Nullah but no major attack emerges.

22nd November 2015

7:00 - 2015

Today at Gallipoli

Turkish artillery directed at allied trenches at Suvla, New Zealanders target Chunuk Bair.

Small Turkish attack at Outpost No 2 in the ANZAC zone is repulsed after a brief but intense fight.

After his tour of Gallipoli Kitchener recommends evacuation of Anzac and Suvla, with the allies retreating to Helles so that they remain in control of the naval routes. 

21st November 2015

7:00 - 2015

Today at Gallipoli

Turkish artillery shells British positions at Helles.

In the afternoon the Turks emerge from their trenches at Krithia Nullah in an attempt to regain trenches lost days earlier. Attack is repulsed.

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