Battle of Scimitar Hill
The Battle of Scimitar Hill (Yusufçuk Tepe (Dragonfly Hill)) was the last offensive mounted by the British at Suvla during the Battle of Gallipoli in World War I. It was also the largest single-day attack ever mounted by the Allies at Gallipoli, involving three divisions. The purpose of the attack was to remove the immediate Ottoman threat from the exposed Suvla landing and to link with the Anzac sectors to the south. Launched on August 21, 1915, to coincide with the simultaneous attack on Hill 60, it was a costly failure, in which the Turks were forced to use all their reserves in "severe and bloody fighting" far into the night, with some Turkish trenches lost and retaken twice.
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Battle of Scimitar Hill
The Battle of Scimitar Hill (Yusufçuk Tepe (Dragonfly Hill)) was the last offensive mounted by the British at Suvla during the Battle of Gallipoli in World War I. It was also the largest single-day attack ever mounted by the Allies at Gallipoli, involving three divisions. The purpose of the attack was to remove the immediate Ottoman threat from the exposed Suvla landing and to link with the Anzac sectors to the south. Launched on August 21, 1915, to coincide with the simultaneous attack on Hill 60, it was a costly failure, in which the Turks were forced to use all their reserves in "severe and bloody fighting" far into the night, with some Turkish trenches lost and retaken twice.
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Die Schlacht um Scimitar Hill, ...... als verlustreiche Fehlschläge.
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La battaglia di colle Scimitar ...... lia: la battaglia di Quota 60.
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The Battle of Scimitar Hill (Y ...... enches lost and retaken twice.
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1915-08-21
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Ottoman victory
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11th and 29th divisions (14,300 men)
12th Division and 6 battalions of the 9th Division, 6th Division brought up but not used.
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Die Schlacht um Scimitar Hill, ...... rei britische Divisionen teil.
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La battaglia di colle Scimitar ...... lia: la battaglia di Quota 60.
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The Battle of Scimitar Hill (Y ...... enches lost and retaken twice.
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Battaglia di colle Scimitarra
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Battle of Scimitar Hill
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Schlacht um Scimitar Hill
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Battle of Scimitar Hill
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