christine liava'a Posted 6 May , 2005 Share Posted 6 May , 2005 On 7 May the British attack of the previous day resumed at 10am, ...but little ground was gained. Sir Ian Hamilton ordered the 87th Brigade, which up to now had been held in reserve, to reinforce the 88th Brigade, with the NZers in support. They left Stone Bridge at 2.45pm and, loaded down with extra ammunition, moved north towards the mouth of Gully Ravine.At 8.20 pm the Auckland and Wellington Infantry Battalions moved forward again to support the 87th and 88th Brigades by occupying reserve trenches to the rear of the front line. The Canterbury and Otago Infantry Battalions in the meantime stayed behind in their new position. Bloody Gallipoli; Richard Stowers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 8 May , 2005 Share Posted 8 May , 2005 “Friday, 7th May: Moved into Firing Line in early morning, 5th Royal Scots went forward under murderous fire to take a pine wood. Took it, but no support, so had to retire again. Awful slaughter. Held the trench till night. Dublin and Munster Fusiliers then came up and wood was taken again. Our Maxims wrought havoc. Had busy time belt-filling. Starved to-day, as no rations could be brought up. Dante’s Inferno nothing like this. Lieut. Aitchison killed. Think they want to wipe out the 5th R.S.” from the ‘Diary of John F. Goate, Machine Gun Section, 5th Royal Scots, 29th Division’ [discovered after his death in 1946, by his daughter Ms Dorothy Goate] as reproduced in ‘The Gallipolian’ issue No.91, Winter 1999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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