Chapter III: Introduction: BY MAJOR-GEN. SIR BRYAN MAHON, D.S.O. xv

AUTHOR’S PREFACE xix

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xxv

POEM BY FRANCIS LEDWIDGE xxvi

CHAPTER
I THE FORMATION OF THE DIVISION 1

II MUDROS AND MITYLENE 32

III THE 29TH BRIGADE AT ANZAC 62

IV SARI BAIR 91

V SUVLA BAY AND CHOCOLATE HILL 121

VI KIRETCH TEPE SIRT 152

VII KABA KUYU AND HILL 60 181

VIII ROUTINE 206

IX LAST DAYS 229

X RETROSPECT 243

APPENDICES

A. ON AUTHORITIES 257

B. NAMES OF OFFICERS KILLED, WOUNDED AND MISSING 259

C. NAMES OF OFFICERS, N.C.O.’S AND MEN MENTIONED IN
DESPATCHES 263

D. NAMES OF OFFICERS, N.C.O.’S AND MEN AWARDED HONOURS 266

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

MULES IN THE ANZAC SAP _Frontispiece_

_Face page_
LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR BRYAN MAHON, K.C.V.O., C.B., D.S.O. 4

BASINGSTOKE. A HALT 24

MUSKETRY AT DOLLYMOUNT 24

SARI BAIR 44

MUDROS. THE AUTHOR’S BIVOUAC 44

SARI BAIR FROM SUVLA 56

BRIGADIER-GENERAL R. J, COOPER, C.V.O., C.B., COMMANDING
29TH BRIGADE 98

SUVLA, SHOWING LALA BABA AND THE SALT LAKE 124

BRIGADIER-GENERAL F. F. HILL, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., COMMANDING
31ST BRIGADE 132

BRIGADIER-GENERAL L. L. NICOL, C.B., COMMANDING 30TH BRIGADE 140

A FAUGH-A-BALLAGH TEASES A TURKISH SNIPER 154

THE 7TH DUBLINS IN THE TRENCHES AT CHOCOLATE HILL 158

THE ANAFARTA PLAIN (KIRETCH TEPE SIRT ON THE SKYLINE) 168

THE ANAFARTA PLAIN FROM THE SOUTH (HILL 60 ON THE LEFT IN THE
MIDDLE DISTANCE) 186

BRIGADIER-GENERAL J. G. KING-KING, D.S.O. 208

5TH ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS IN THE TRENCHES 214

IMBROS FROM ANZAC 230

MAP (_at the end of the Volume_)

THE IRISH IN GALLIPOLI

Where Aegean cliffs with bristling menace front
The treacherous splendour of that isley sea,
Lighted by Troy’s last shadow; where the first
Hero kept watch and the last Mystery
Shook with dark thunder. Hark! the battle brunt!
A nation speaks, old Silences are burst.

’Tis not for lust of glory, no new throne
This thunder and this lightning of our power
Wakens up frantic echoes, not for these
Our Cross with England’s mingle, to be blown
At Mammon’s threshold. We but war when war
Serves Liberty and Keeps a world at peace.

Who said that such an emprise could be vain?
Were they not one with Christ, who fought and died?
Let Ireland weep: but not for sorrow, weep
That by her sons a land is sanctified,
For Christ arisen, and angels once again
Come back, like exile birds, and watch their sleep.

FRANCIS LEDWIDGE

FRANCE
_24th February, 1917_

THE TENTH (IRISH) DIVISION

THE TENTH (IRISH) DIVISION IN GALLIPOLI