The Initial Landings at Suvla, 6-7 August 1915

Although units of the 14th (Light) Division had carried out a counter-attack at Hooge on the Western Front on 30 July 1915, the landing at Suvla by the 11th (Northern) Division on the night of 6-7 August that year represented the first major offensive operation by formations of Kitchener's New Armies. As part of the overall scheme for the August offensive at Anzac, the Suvla landing would, in theory, provide a secure and sheltered base from which forces could be directed south-eastward to menace the flank of Turkish units opposing General Birdwood's advance from Anzac.

Peter Simkins

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IWM: Q 70703: Suvla Bay, 7 Aug 1915. British troops after disembarkation.