Timeline of the Gallipoli Campaign

This article presents the timeline of the Gallipoli Campaign. The period of the proper battle is considered to be 19 February 1915 to 9 January 1916; however, a number of events took place between August 1914 and January 1915 that are relevant to the battle.

Complete timeline

August 1914

*3 – First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, confiscates two Ottoman battleships (i.e. and ) under construction in the United Kingdom.
*10 – German warships and , having evaded Royal Navy pursuit in the Mediterranean, reach the Dardanelles and are granted passage.

October 1914

*28 – Ottoman navy raids Russian Black Sea ports including Odessa and Sevastopol.

November 1914

*2 – Royal Navy squadron, including the battlecruisers and , bombard the Turkish forts at the entrance to the Dardanelles.
*6 – ''Politics:'' The United Kingdom declares war on the Ottoman Empire.

December 1914

*13 – ''Naval operations:'' British submarine sinks the obsolete in the straits south of Çanakkale.

January 1915

*13 – British War Council approves plans for a naval operation to force the Dardanelles.
*15 – ''Naval operations:'' is lost after running aground in the straits.

February 1915

*19 – ''Naval operations:'' First attack on the Dardanelles, includinf and .Travers (2004), p. 23.
*25 – ''Naval operations:'' Second attack on the Dardanelles, led by Vice-Admiral John de Robeck aboard ''Vengeance''.

March 1915

*10 – ''Naval operations:'' Night attack in the straits led by Commodore Roger Keyes and the battleship .
*12 – General Sir Ian Hamilton is appointed commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force by the Secretary of State for War, Horatio Kitchener.
*13 – ''Naval operations:'' Keyes conducts another night-time minesweeping operation with some success.
*16 – ''Naval operations:'' Admiral Carden, commander of the Allied fleet, resigns due to nervous strain. Vice-Admiral de Robeck takes command.
*18 – ''Naval operations:'' Turkey defeats the final attempt by the British and French fleet to force the straits. Three battleships are sunk by mines. Three battleships and the battlecruiser are badly damaged.
*22 – At a conference between Hamilton and de Robeck aboard , it is decided to make an amphibious landing on the Gallipoli peninsula.

April 1915

*17 – British submarine runs aground in the straits.
*25 – British Empire and French forces make amphibious landings on the Gallipoli peninsula.
**Landing at Cape Helles made by the British 29th Division and elements of the Royal Naval Division.
**Landing at Anzac Cove made by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC).
**French forces make a diversion landing at Kum Kale on the Asian shore.
*26 – ''Naval operations:'' Australian submarine becomes the first Allied vessel to pass through the Dardanelles into the Sea of Marmara.
*27 – ''Anzac:'' Under the command of Mustafa Kemal, the Turks mount a counter-attack but fail to drive the Anzacs into the sea.
* 27 – ''Naval operations:'' British submarine passes through the Dardanelles to start a successful three-week tour.
*28 – ''Helles:'' First Battle of Krithia British and French forces suffer 4,000 casualties for little gain.
*28 – ''Anzac:'' The Anzac landing is reinforced by four battalions from the Royal Naval Division.

May 1915

*1 – ''Naval operations:'' is mined and sunk in the straits.
*6 – ''Helles:'' Second Battle of Krithia commences. British 42nd (East Lancashire) Division begins landing as reinforcements.
*8 – ''Helles:'' Second Battle of Krithia ends.
*12
**''Helles:'' is sunk by the Ottoman torpedo boat Muavenet-i Milliye.
**''Anzac:'' Australian 1st Light Horse Brigade arrives as reinforcements.
*13 – ''Anzac:'' New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade arrives as reinforcements. Royal Naval Division battalions rejoin the rest of the division at Helles.
*15 – ''Anzac:'' Major General W.T. Bridges, commander of the Australian 1st Division is mortally wounded in the leg by a Turkish sniper. He dies at sea three days later.
*18 – ''Naval operations:'' British submarine passes through the straits into the Sea of Marmara.
*18 – ''Anzac:'' Turkish forces mount a massive attack using 42,000 men but are repulsed, suffering 10,000 casualties.
*19 – ''Anzac:'' Australian stretcher-bearer John Simpson Kirkpatrick is killed near Steele's Post.
*20 – ''Anzac:'' The Australian 2nd Light Horse Brigade arrives as reinforcements.
*21 – ''Anzac:'' The Australian 3rd Light Horse Brigade arrives as reinforcements.
*22 – ''Anzac:'' Negotiations commence to arrange an armistice in order to bury the dead in no man's land.
*24 – ''Anzac:'' An armistice is declared from 7.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. in which time Turkish and Anzac dead are buried.
*25
**''Anzac:'' is sunk by German U-boat .
**''Naval operations:'' torpedoes Ottoman transport ''Stamboul'' in the Bosphorus, causing panic in Constantinople.
*27 – ''Helles:'' is sunk by ''U-21''.
*28-30 Battle for No.3 Post

June 1915

*4 – ''Helles:'' Third Battle of Krithia British and French forces mount a limited attack but still fail to reach their objectives.
*28 – ''Helles:'' Battle of Gully Ravine starts.

July 1915

*5 – ''Helles:'' Battle of Gully Ravine ends with the British repelling a large Turkish counter-attack.
*12 – ''Helles:'' British 52nd (Lowland) Division and Royal Naval Division attack along Achi Baba Nullah.

August 1915

*3 – ''Anzac:'' Reinforcements for the forthcoming offensive begin landing, including the British 13th (Western) Division.
*6 – Battle of Sari Bair, also known as the August Offensive, commences.
**''Helles:'' Battle of Krithia Vineyard diversion commences with an attack by the 88th Brigade of the British 29th Division.
**''Anzac:'' Battle of Lone Pine diversion commences at 6.30 a.m. with the Australian 1st Division capturing Turkish trenches. Fighting continues for six days in which time seven Victoria Crosses are awarded.
**''Suvla:'' At 10.00 p.m. the British 11th (Northern) Division, part of IX Corps, begins landing.
**''Anzac:'' Under cover of darkness, two columns of Anzac, British & Indian troops break out to the north, heading for the heights of Chunuk Bair and Hill 971.
*7
**''Anzac:'' Battle of the Nek At 4.30 a.m. another futile diversion virtually wipes out two regiments of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade.
**''Suvla:'' The British 10th (Irish) Division begins landing.
**''Helles:'' Fighting at Krithia Vineyard continues with an attack by the 42nd Division.
**''Anzac'': After a lengthy delay, the New Zealand Infantry Brigade attempts to capture Chunuk Bair but fails.
*8
**''Anzac:'' Battle of Chunuk Bair Attacking at 3.00 a.m., New Zealand and British infantry gain a foothold on Chunuk Bair; Lt Col William Malone is killed.
**''Naval operations:'' British submarine torpedoes the off Bulair.
*9 – ''Anzac:'' A general attack by the Allies on the heights of Chunuk Bair, Hill Q and Hill 971 fails.
*10
**''Anzac:'' Battle of Chunuk Bair ends when the Turks, led by Mustafa Kemal, drive the Allies off the heights.
**''Suvla:'' British 53rd (Welsh) Division attacks Scimitar Hill, suffering heavy casualties.
*12 – ''Anzac:'' Battle of Lone Pine ends.
*13 – ''Helles:'' Battle of Krithia Vineyard ends.
*15 – ''Suvla:'' General Sir Frederick Stopford is sacked as commander of IX Corps.
*21 – Final British offensive of the campaign launched to consolidate Anzac and Suvla landings.
**''Suvla:'' Battle of Scimitar Hill IX Corps makes a final attempt to seize Scimitar and W Hills.
**''Anzac:'' Battle of Hill 60 begins.
*29 – Battle of Hill 60 ends.

September 1915

*12 – The 26th Infantry Battalion at ''ANZAC'' arrives as reinforcements, deployed to Taylor's Hollow.
*19 – Royal Newfoundland Regiment arrives as reinforcements.

October 1915

*15 – General Sir Ian Hamilton is sacked as commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.
*28 – General Sir Charles Monro arrives to assume command of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.
*30 – ''Naval operations:'' runs aground while returning through the Dardanelles and is captured.
*31 – ''Suvla:'' Destroyer runs aground in a storm and is wrecked.

November 1915

*6 – ''Naval operations:'' British submarine is ambushed and sunk in the Sea of Marmara by German U-boat .
*15 – Field Marshal Horatio Kitchener, the Secretary of State for War, visits Gallipoli.
*22 – Kitchener recommends evacuation of Anzac and Suvla.
*27 – A fierce storm and blizzard, lasting three days, strikes the peninsula.

December 1915

*7 – ''Politics:'' The British Cabinet orders the evacuation of Anzac and Suvla.
*18 – Start of final evacuation of Anzac and Suvla.
*20 – Evacuation of Anzac and Suvla completed before dawn.
*28 – ''Politics:'' The British Cabinet orders the evacuation of Helles.

January 1916

*7 – ''Helles:'' British garrison reduced to 19,000. Turkish assault launched along Gully Spur.
*9 – ''Helles:'' Last British troops depart the Gallipoli peninsula.

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