– 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. Gallipoli campaign Battles of the Gallipoli campaign Gallipoli