<P> British units that reached the summit of Chunuk Bair early on 8 August 1915 to engage the Turks were the Wellington Battalion of the New Zealand and Australian Division , 7th Battalion , Gloucestershire Regiment and 8th Battalion , Welch Regiment of the 13th ( Western ) Division . The troops were reinforced in the afternoon by two squads of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment , New Zealand and Australian Division . The first troops on the summit were severely depleted by Ottoman return fire and were relieved at 10 : 30 pm on 8 August by the Otago Battalion ( NZ ) , and the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment New Zealand and Australian Division . The New Zealand troops were relieved by 8 : 00 pm on 9 August by the 6th Battalion , Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and 5th Battalion , Wiltshire Regiment , who were massacred and driven off the summit in the early morning of 10 August , by an Ottoman counter-attack led by Mustafa Kemal . </P>
<P> British units that reached the summit of Chunuk Bair early on 8 August 1915 to engage the Turks were the Wellington Battalion of the New Zealand and Australian Division , 7th Battalion , Gloucestershire Regiment and 8th Battalion , Welch Regiment of the 13th ( Western ) Division . The troops were reinforced in the afternoon by two squads of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment , New Zealand and Australian Division . The first troops on the summit were severely depleted by Ottoman return fire and were relieved at 10 : 30 pm on 8 August by the Otago Battalion ( NZ ) , and the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment New Zealand and Australian Division . The New Zealand troops were relieved by 8 : 00 pm on 9 August by the 6th Battalion , Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and 5th Battalion , Wiltshire Regiment , who were massacred and driven off the summit in the early morning of 10 August , by an Ottoman counter-attack led by Mustafa Kemal . </P>
who led the turkish counterattack at chunuk bair
who led the turkish counterattack at chunuk bair
Mustafa Kemal
Mustafa Kemal